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Definition of Thoracic nerve
1. Noun. Any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Nerve
Literary usage of Thoracic nerve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The plexus is formed by the last four cervical nerves and the larger part of the
first thoracic nerve; it also receives a communication from the fourth ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The First thoracic nerve.—The anterior division of the first thoracic nerve ...
From the second thoracic nerve it frequently receives a connecting twig, ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"... just as you proceed to raise your shoulder, you take a still deeper breath,
and this, too, is represented in the plexus by the posterior thoracic nerve ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The lateral anterior thoracic nerve springs from the lateral cord of the plexus,
... The medial anterior thoracic nerve is somewhat smaller than its lateral ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"Fibers from the third or fourth thoracic to the seventh thoracic nerve inclusive,
ascend in the cervical sympathetic, become connected with nerve cells in ..."
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