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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