| SIMA | single internal mammary artery |
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| UICAO | unilateral internal carotid artery occlusion |
| TOF | 1) Tetralogy Of Fallot ? CIx of Corrective Op ... |
| AICA | anterior inferior cerebellar artery; anterior inferior communicating artery |
| ALCAPA | anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery |
| thoracic girdle | shoulder girdle |
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| thoracic glands | <entomology> Insect structures that originate from the ectoderm of the ventrocaudal part of the head and serve as a source of ecdysone. Synonym: peritracheal glands, prothoracic glands, thoracic glands, ventral glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic goiter | Enlargement of accessory thyroid tissue in the thorax with or without hyperthyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic index | Anteroposterior diameter of the thorax times 100 divided by the transverse diameter of the thorax. Synonym: chest index. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic injuries | General or unspecified injuries to the chest area. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic interspinales muscles | Often poorly developed or absent muscles between spinous process of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis thoracis, thoracic interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic interspinal muscle | Often poorly developed or absent muscles between spinous process of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculus interspinalis thoracis, thoracic interspinal muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic intertransversarii muscles | Origin, transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii thoracis, thoracic intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic intertransverse muscles | Origin, transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; insertion, next superior transverse process; action, abducts thoracic vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic nerves. Synonym: musculi intertransversarii thoracis, thoracic intertransverse muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic kidney | Ectopic kidney that partially lies above the diaphragm in the posterior mediastinum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic limb | The shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, and hand. Synonym: membrum superius, superior limb, thoracic limb, upper extremity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic longissimus muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, with iliocostalis and from transverse processes of lower thoracic vertebrae; insertion, by lateral slips into most or all of the ribs between angles and tubercles and into tips of transverse processes of upper lumbar vertebrae, and by medial slips into accessory processes of upper lumbar and transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae; action, extends vertebral column; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of thoracic and lumbar spinal nerves. Synonym: musculus longissimus thoracis, musculus longissimus dorsi, thoracic longissimus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic nerves | The twelve pairs of spinal nerves that arise from the thoracic segments of the spinal cord, each pair leaving the vertebral column below the correspondingly numbered vertebra. They innervate the body wall of the thorax and abdomen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thoracic nucleus | A column of large neurons located in the base of the posterior gray column of the spinal cord, extending from the first thoracic through the second lumbar segment; it gives rise to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract of the same side. Synonym: nucleus thoracicus, Clarke's column, Clarke's nucleus, dorsal nucleus, nucleus dorsalis, Stilling's column, Stilling's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracic outlet syndrome | <syndrome> Condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibres between the armpit (axilla) and base of the neck. (12 Dec 1998) |