apertura thoracis inferior

apertura thoracis inferior
[TA] inferior thoracic aperture: the irregular opening at the inferior part of the thorax bounded by the twelfth thoracic vertebra, the twelfth ribs, and the curving edge of the costal cartilages as they meet the sternum; called also thoracic outlet.

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