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  2. Posterior branches of thoracic nerves - Wikipedia

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    The medial cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the thoracic nerves descend for some distance close to the spinous processes before reaching the skin, while the lateral branches travel downward for a considerable distance—it may be as much as the breadth of four ribs—before they become superficial; the branch from the twelfth thoracic, for instance, reaches the skin only a ...

  3. Dermatome (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    A dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied by afferent nerve fibres from the dorsal root of any given spinal nerve. [1] [2] There are 8 cervical nerves (C1 being an exception with no dermatome), 12 thoracic nerves, 5 lumbar nerves and 5 sacral nerves.

  4. Thoraco-abdominal nerves - Wikipedia

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    These pierce the intercostales externi and the obliquus externus abdominis, in the same line as the lateral cutaneous branches of the upper thoracic nerves, and divide into anterior and posterior branches, which are distributed to the skin of the abdomen and back; the anterior branches supply the digitations of the obliquus externus abdominis ...

  5. Intercostal nerves - Wikipedia

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    The intercostal nerves are part of the somatic nervous system, and arise from the anterior rami of the thoracic spinal nerves from T1 to T11. [1] [2] The intercostal nerves are distributed chiefly to the thoracic pleura and abdominal peritoneum, and differ from the anterior rami of the other spinal nerves in that each pursues an independent course without plexus formation.

  6. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The vagus nerve; The accessory nerve; The hypoglossal nerve; The spinal nerves. The posterior divisions; The anterior divisions; The thoracic nerves; The lumbosacral plexus; The sacral and coccygeal nerves; The sympathetic nerves. The cephalic portion of the sympathetic system; The cervical portion of the sympathetic system; The thoracic ...

  7. White ramus communicans - Wikipedia

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    The white ramus communicans (pl.: rami communicantes) from Latin ramus (branch) and communicans (communicating) is the preganglionic sympathetic outflow nerve tract from the spinal cord. Each of the thoracic, and the first and second lumbar nerves contribute a white ramus communicans to the adjoining sympathetic ganglion , unlike the gray rami ...

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  9. Category:Thoracic nerves - Wikipedia

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    Category for thoracic nerves Pages in category "Thoracic nerves" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.