Thoracic anatomy
Thoracic anatomy encompasses the anatomy of all structures of the thorax.
This anatomy section promotes the use of the Terminologia Anatomica, the international standard of anatomical nomenclature.
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Anatomy: Radiological
The anatomy section is organized into seven expandable chapters based on regional body systems:
Anatomy: Thoracic
- thoracic skeleton
- thoracic cage
- thoracic spine
- articulations
- muscles of the thorax
- diaphragm
- intercostal space
- intercostal muscles
- variant anatomy
- spaces of the thorax
- thoracic viscera
- tracheobronchial tree
- lungs
- bronchopulmonary segmental anatomy (Boyden Classification) (mnemonic)
- left lung
- right lung
- variant anatomy
- lung parenchyma
- hilum
- pleura
- bronchopulmonary segmental anatomy (Boyden Classification) (mnemonic)
- heart
- cardiac chambers
- heart valves
- pectinate muscles
- cardiac fibrous skeleton
- coronary arteries
- coronary arterial dominance
- myocardial segments
- left main coronary artery (LMCA)
- ramus intermedius artery (RI)
- circumflex artery (LCx)
- obtuse marginal branches (OM1, OM2, etc))
- Kugel's artery
- left anterior descending artery (LAD)
- diagonal branches (D1, D2, etc)
- septal perforators (S1, S2, etc)
- right coronary artery (RCA)
- conus artery
- sinoatrial nodal artery
- acute marginal branches (AM1, AM2, etc)
- inferior interventricular artery (PDA)
- posterior left ventricular artery (PLV)
- congenital anomalies
- innervation of the heart
- fetal circulation
- pericardium
- pericardial space
- oblique pericardial sinus
- transverse pericardial sinus
- pericardial recesses
- aortic recesses
- pulmonic recesses
- postcaval recess
- pulmonary venous recesses
- pericardial ligaments
- epicardial fat pad
- esophagus
- thymus
- breast
- blood supply of the thorax
- arteries
- veins
- superior vena cava (SVC)
- inferior vena cava (IVC)
- coronary veins
- cardiac veins which drain into the coronary sinus
- great cardiac vein
- middle cardiac vein
- small cardiac vein
- posterior vein of the left ventricle
- vein of Marshall (oblique vein of the left atrium)
- anterior cardiac veins
- venae cordis minimae (smallest cardiac veins or thebesian veins)
- cardiac veins which drain into the coronary sinus
- pulmonary veins
- thoracoepigastric vein
- lymphatics
- innervation of the thorax
Anatomy: General
- anatomic position
- anatomic nomenclature
- Terminologia Anatomica
- superseded nomenclature
- Terminologia Anatomica
- anatomic variants
- regional anatomy
- systems anatomy
- endocrine system
- lymphatic system
- thoracic duct
- right lymphatic duct
- jugular trunks
- subclavian trunks
- bronchomediastinal trunks
- lumbar trunks
- intestinal trunk
- lymph nodes
- reticuloendothelial system
- labeled imaging anatomy cases
- osteology
- skeleton
- bones
- macroscopic structure
- microscopic structure
- bone growth
- fetal bone formation
- developmental ossification
- endochondral ossification
- primary ossification
- secondary ossification
- intramembranous ossification
- endochondral ossification
- tubulation
- bones types
- nutrient foramen
- joints
- muscles
- organs
- embryology
- skin
- blood vessels
- nerves
- histology
