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Descriptor English: Thoracic Arteries
Descriptor Spanish: Arterias Torácicas
Descriptor arterias torácicas
Scope note: Arterias que se originan en la arteria subclavia o axilar y que irrigan la pared torácica anterior, las estructuras mediastínicas, el diafragma, los músculos pectorales, las glándulas mamarias y la zona axilar de la pared torácica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artérias Torácicas
Descriptor French: Artères thoraciques
Entry term(s): Arteries, Thoracic
Artery, Thoracic
Thoracic Artery
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.891
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013895
Scope note: Arteries originating from the subclavian or axillary arteries and distributing to the anterior thoracic wall, mediastinal structures, diaphragm, pectoral muscles, mammary gland and the axillary aspect of the chest wall.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14282
Unique ID: D013895
NLM Classification: WG 595.T4
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Thoracic Arteries - Preferred
Concept UI M0021392
Scope note Arteries originating from the subclavian or axillary arteries and distributing to the anterior thoracic wall, mediastinal structures, diaphragm, pectoral muscles, mammary gland and the axillary aspect of the chest wall.
Preferred term Thoracic Arteries
Entry term(s) Arteries, Thoracic
Artery, Thoracic
Thoracic Artery



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