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Course and branches of a typical intercostal nerve

Course and branches of a typical intercostal nerve — Peripheral nerves
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

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Course and branches of a typical intercostal nerve. Oblique view of the trunk.

Region
trunk
Structure
thorax
View
oblique
System
peripheral nerves, autonomic, muscle, bone, arteries
Focus
intercostal nerve, lateral cutaneous branch of intercostal nerve, anterior cutaneous branch of intercostal nerve, rami communicantes

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Posterior division
  • Intercostalis externus
  • Intercostalis internus
  • Rami com- municantes
  • Intercostal nerve
  • Pleura
  • Lateral cutaneous
  • Recurrent branch
  • Sympathetic ganglion
  • Transversus thoracis
  • Internal mam. art
  • Sternum
  • Anterior cutaneous

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.