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thoracic spinal nerve
Nerves emerging from the thoracic spinal cord (T1-T12).
Course:
- the nerves exit the intervertebral foramen below the corresponding thoracic vertebrae
Function:
- T1-T12 are mixed motor & sensory nerves, innervating the muscles & the skin of the thoracic wall & abdominal wall.
Related
dermatome
lumbosacral plexus
Specific
10th thoracic spinal nerve (T10)
11th thoracic spinal nerve (T11)
12th thoracic spinal nerve (T12)
1st thoracic spinal nerve (T1)
2nd thoracic spinal nerve (T2)
3rd thoracic spinal nerve (T3)
4th thoracic spinal nerve (T4)
5th thoracic spinal nerve (T5)
6th thoracic spinal nerve (T6)
7th thoracic spinal nerve (T7)
8th thoracic spinal nerve (T8)
9th thoracic spinal nerve (T9)
General
spinal nerve
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999