Anatomy of the Vessels and Nerves of the Trunk (Angioneurology) - Chornokulskyi S. T. 2011
Nerves of the trunk, thoracic nerves
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Fig. 45. Central and peripheral somatic Nervous system of a human, posterior view.

Fig. 45a. Intercostal neurovascular bundle (NVB) and pleural puncture:
1 - intercostal nerve - N (n. intercostalis);
2 - posterior intercostal artery A (a. intercostalis posterior);
3 - posterior intercostal vein V (v. intercostalis posterior);
4 - rib (costa);
5 - Skin and subcutaneous layer;
6 - Muscles of the thoracic wall

Fig. 46. Spinal nerve roots (C8-L2,3), spinal nerve, and their connections with the Sympathetic trunk ganglia.
1 — spinal ganglion (ganglion spinale) s. sensory ganglion of spinal nerve (ganglion sensorium nervi spinalis)
2 — posterior ROOT (radix posterior)
3 — Spinal Cord (medulla spinalis)
4 — posterior median sulcus (sulcus medianus posterior)
5 — posterior horn (cornu posterior)
6 — lateral horn (cornu laterale)
7 — anterior horn (cornu anterius)
8 — somatomotor nuclei of the anterior horn (5 nuclei)
9 — anterior root (radix anterior)
10 — preganglionic fiber (sympathetic)
11 — prevertebral (intermediate) ganglion (ganglion prevertebralis (intermedium))
12 — postganglionic fiber (sympathetic)
13 — visceral organ
14 — ganglia of the sympathetic trunk (ganglia trunci sympathici)
15 — interganglionic branches (rami interganglionares)
16 — gray rami communicantes (rami communicantes grisei)
17 — white rami communicantes (rami communicantes albi)
18 — anterior branch (ramus anterior) of the spinal nerve
19 — posterior branch (ramus posterior)
20 — spinal nerve (nervus spinalis)
21 — pseudounipolar Neurons of the spinal ganglion (protoneurons)
22 — intermediolateral Nucleus (nucleus intermediolateralis)
23 — meningeal branch (ramus meningeus)
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