Medical Definition of Thoracic respiration

1. Respiration effected chiefly by the action of the intercostal and other muscles that raise the ribs, causing expansion of the chest. Synonym: costal respiration. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Respiration

thoracic interspinales muscles
thoracic intertransversarii muscles
thoracic intertransverse muscles
thoracic kidney
thoracic limb
thoracic longissimus muscle
thoracic medicine
thoracic nerve
thoracic nerves
thoracic nucleus
thoracic outlet syndrome
thoracic part of aorta
thoracic part of oesophagus
thoracic part of spinal cord
thoracic part of thoracic duct
thoracic respiration (current term)
thoracic rotator muscles
thoracic spinal nerves
thoracic spine
thoracic spine fracture
thoracic splanchnic nerves
thoracic stomach
thoracic surgeon
thoracic surgery
thoracic surgical procedures
thoracic vein
thoracic veins
thoracic vertebra
thoracic vertebrae
thoracic vertebras

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