- endothoracic fascia
- fascia endothoracica [TA] the extrapleural fascial sheet beneath the serous lining of the thoracic cavity; called also parietal fascia of thorax and fascia parietalis thoracis [TA alternative].
Medical dictionary. 2011.
endothoracic fascia
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