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THORACIC LIMB [4 records]

Record 1 2019-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
DEF

A radiographic projection of the cervical or thoracic spine with the patient lying supine on a table, the neck hyperextended, the upper limb nearer the camera parallel to the body, and that nearer the film placed above the head; the central ray enters laterally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
OBS

Incidence de profil pour l'étude de la charnière cervico-dorsale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

The equine forelimb is the front, or thoracic limb of the horse. It is attached to the trunk of the animal by purely muscular connections(the serratus ventralis, trapezius, rhomboideus, latissimus dorsi, brachiocephalicus, subclavius and pectoralis muscles).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A ganglion on the sympathetic trunk at the level of the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic vertebrae, anterior to the 8th cervical and 1st thoracic nerves; it has two components, the inferior cervical and first thoracic ganglia, which are usually fused, partially or completely. Its postganglionic fibers are distributed to the head and neck, heart, and upper limb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

[Le tronc sympathique cervical traverse] la base du cou, dans la fossette sus et retropleurale (de Sébileau) où le ganglion inférieur est confondu 3 fois sur 4 avec le ganglion thoracique, formant le ganglion cervico-thoracique ou stellaire (de Neubauer).

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : ganglion étoilé; ganglion stellaire; ganglion de Neubauer.

Spanish

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Record 4 1977-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) midventral skeletal element that usually articulates with the more anterior thoracic ribs. Its functions are to strengthen the body wall, help protect the thoracic viscera, accommodate muscles of the pectoral limb, and, in some amniotes, aid in ventilating the lungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

La région dorsale [des Vertébrés supérieurs est] caractérisée par la présence de côtes qui s'articulent parfois, sur la face ventrale, avec un os impair médian, formé d'une ou plusieurs pièces, le "sternum".

Spanish

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