thoracic spine
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Spine — 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine can be categorized according to level of the body: i.e., cervical spine (neck), thoracic spine (upper and middle back), and lumbar spine… … Medical dictionary
Thoracic cavity — Latin cavitas thoracis Gray s subject #136 524 Dorlands/Elsevier … Wikipedia
T-spine — thoracic spine … Medical dictionary
Thoracic vertebrae — Infobox Bone Name = thoracic vertebrae Latin = vertebrae thoracales GraySubject = 22 GrayPage = 102 Caption = A typical thoracic vertebra Caption2 = Transverse section through the upper margin of the second thoracic vertebra. Origins = Insertions … Wikipedia
spine, curvature of the — ▪ pathology any of a group of deviations of the normal spinal curvature, including scoliosis, lordosis, and kyphosis. Scoliosis is a lateral, or sideways, deviation of the spine, or vertebral column. The condition usually includes two … Universalium
thoracic vertebra — vertebrae with only a fused neural spine, e.g. in Archoplites interruptus (Centrarchidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
thoracic vertebra — noun Any of the twelve vertebrae in the chest region of the spine … Wiktionary
basial spine — Spine projecting from basis of a thoracic appendage [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] … Crustacea glossary
coxal spine — Spine projecting from the coxa of a thoracic appendage [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] … Crustacea glossary
ischial spine — Spine projecting from ischium or third segment of thoracic appendage [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997] … Crustacea glossary
