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Descriptor English: Intercostal Nerves
Descriptor Spanish: Nervios Intercostales
Descriptor nervios intercostales
Scope note: Ramas ventrales de los nervios torácicos desde los segmentos D1 a D11. Los nervios intercostales proporcionan inervación motora y sensitiva al tórax y al abdomen. La piel y los músculos inervados por fibras de una misma raíz se denominan, respetivamente, dermatoma y miotoma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nervos Intercostais
Descriptor French: Nerfs intercostaux
Entry term(s): Intercostal Nerve
Nerve, Intercostal
Nerves, Intercostal
Tree number(s): A08.800.800.720.800.350
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007367
Scope note: The ventral rami of the thoracic nerves from segments T1 through T11. The intercostal nerves supply motor and sensory innervation to the thorax and abdomen. The skin and muscles supplied by a given pair are called, respectively, a dermatome and a myotome.
Annotation: dis: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES (IM); neopl: coord IM with PERIPHERAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (IM) + histol type of neopl (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under THORACIC NERVES 1975-90
Online Note: search THORACIC NERVES 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under THORACIC NERVES 1975-90
DeCS ID: 7535
Unique ID: D007367
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/08
Intercostal Nerves - Preferred
Concept UI M0011486
Scope note The ventral rami of the thoracic nerves from segments T1 through T11. The intercostal nerves supply motor and sensory innervation to the thorax and abdomen. The skin and muscles supplied by a given pair are called, respectively, a dermatome and a myotome.
Preferred term Intercostal Nerves
Entry term(s) Intercostal Nerve
Nerve, Intercostal
Nerves, Intercostal



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