Medical Definition of Thoracic wall

1. In respiratory physiology, the total system of structures outside the lungs that move as a part of breathing; it includes the rib cage, diaphragm, abdominal wall, and abdominal contents. Synonym: thoracic wall. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Wall

thoracic respiration
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
thoracic wall (current term)
thoracica
thoracically
thoracick
thoracicoabdominal
thoracicoacromial
thoracicohumeral
thoraco-
thoracoabdominal
thoracoabdominal nerves
thoracoacromial
thoracoacromial artery
thoracoacromial trunk
thoracoacromial vein
thoracocenteses

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