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Definition of Intercostal artery
1. Noun. Several arteries and supplying the intercostal spaces of the rib cage.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercostal Artery
Literary usage of Intercostal artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"A diagnosis of internal hemorrhage from an intercostal artery was made and the
skin-wound ... The divided ends of the intercostal artery could not be found, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Passing backward, it gives off the profunda cervicalis, and, continuing as the
highest intercostal artery, descends behind the pleura in front of the necks ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Each intercostal artery is accompanied by a vein and nerve, ... Each intercostal
artery gives off the following branches: Posterior or dorsal branch. ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"On the right side there is usually one bronchial artery which arises from the
first aortic intercostal artery, or by a common trunk with the upper left ..."
5. The anatomist's vade mecum: a system of human anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1845)
"... cervicis of the occipital artery, and below, by a descending branch, with the
posterior scapular. The SUPERIOR intercostal artery descends behind the ..."
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