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Human Spinal Thoracic Nerves

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This page is intended to list thoracic spinal cord nerves of biological human, which connect mind to human limbs and visceral organs.

Coverage verified by:

• http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nerve (name base)
• http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves (MA reference)

THORACIC NERVES - SENSORY

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motor nuclei/ganglia:

sensory nuclei/ganglia:

• Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG; NERVES={intercostal nerves, anterior cutaneous branches; intercostal muscular somatic nerves; subcostal nerve, sensory}
• Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG; NERVES={intercostal nerves, anterior cutaneous branches; thoracic breast nerves; intercostal nerves, posterior lateral cutaneous branches; intercostobrachial nerve}

nerves:

• intercostal nerves, sensory (MA:INTERCOSTAL NERVES); ORIGIN={arise from anterior divisions (rami anteriores; ventral divisions) of the thoracic spinal nerves from T1 to T11}; MODALITY={general sensory}
  • intercostal nerves, anterior cutaneous branches; ORIGIN={T1-T11}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG; GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG; GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG; GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG}
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  • intercostal nerves, lateral cutaneous branches; MODALITY={general sensory}
    • intercostal nerves, anterior lateral cutaneous branches; ORIGIN={T4-T11}; DISTRIBUTION={run forward to the side and the forepart of the chest, supplying the skin and the mamma; those of the fifth and sixth nerves supply the upper digitations of the Obliquus externus abdominis}; MODALITY={general sensory}
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      • intercostal muscular somatic nerves; DISTRIBUTION={musculus obliquus abdominis externus, musculus obliquus abdominis internus, musculus transversus abdominis; run forward to the side and the forepart of the chest}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG; GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG}
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      • thoracic breast nerves; ORIGIN={T4/T5 intercostal nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={supplies breast nipple, areola; those of the fifth and sixth nerves supply the upper digitations of the Obliquus externus abdominis; supplying the skin and the mamma}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Breast,TARGET.TEA.BREAST -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG; GSA:Breast,TARGET.TEA.BREAST -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG}
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    • intercostal nerves, posterior lateral cutaneous branches; ORIGIN={T4-T11}; DISTRIBUTION={run backward, and supply the skin over the scapula and Latissimus dorsi; run forward the side two way side of the muscular supply}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG; GSA:Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG}
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    • intercostobrachial nerve (MA:INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE); ORIGIN={T2-T3, lateral cutaneous branch of the 2nd intercostal nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={two nerves arising from the intercostal nerves and supplying the skin of the upper limb}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG; GSA:Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND -> Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG -> Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG}
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      • first intercostobrachial nerve; ORIGIN={T2, second intercostal nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={skin on back and medial aspect of arm}; MODALITY={general sensory}
      • second intercostobrachial nerve; ORIGIN={T3, third intercostal nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={skin of axilla and medial aspect of arm, supplies breast areola}; MODALITY={general sensory}
• subcostal nerve, sensory (MA:SUBCOSTAL NERVE); ORIGIN={anterior branch of twelfth thoracic nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={skin of lower abdomen and lateral side of gluteal region, parts of abdominal transverse, oblique, and rectus muscles, and usually the pyramidal muscle, and adjacent peritoneum, musculus quadratus lumborum}; MODALITY={general sensory}; FIBERS={GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG; GSA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG}
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THORACIC NERVES - SYMPATHETIC FIBERS

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motor nuclei/ganglia:

• Aorticorenal Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.ARG; NERVES={lowest splanchnic nerve}
• Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG; NERVES={greater thoracic splanchnic nerve}
• Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG; NERVES={lesser splanchnic nerve}
• Sympathetic Thoracic Ganglia,LAC.PN.SYM.TG; NERVES={thoracic sympatetic chain ganglia}

sensory nuclei/ganglia:

• Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG; NERVES={lowest splanchnic nerve; greater thoracic splanchnic nerve; lesser splanchnic nerve}

nerves:

• aorticorenal ganglion (MA:AORTICORENAL GANGLION); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
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  • lowest splanchnic nerve (MA:LEAST SPLANCHNIC NERVE); ORIGIN={T12,last GANGLION of sympathetic trunk or lesser splanchnic nerve}; DISTRIBUTION={T12, aorticorenal ganglion and adjacent plexus}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}; MUSCLES={Vessels - renal blood vessels - contract blood vessels}; FIBERS={GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Aorticorenal Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.ARG -> Blood vessels,TARGET.TEA.VESSELS; GVA:Genitalia,TARGET.TEA.GENITALIA -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM}
    • gonadal nerves; DISTRIBUTION={to aortic plexus to testes and ovaries}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
      • inferior spermatic nerve (MA:TESTICULAR PLEXUS); DISTRIBUTION={to testis; accompanies the ductus deferens, then travels within the epididymis, reaches the testis at its lower pole}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}; MUSCLES={Endocrine - testicle gland - produce androgens, primarily testosterone (growth of muscle mass and strength, regulator of cognitive and physical energy, sperm development}
      • superior ovarian nerve (MA:TUBAL NERVES; MA:OVARIAN PLEXUS); DISTRIBUTION={to ovaries; runs along the ovarian suspensory ligament and the ovarian plexus accompanying the ovarian artery}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}; MUSCLES={Endocrine - ovary gland - secretes estrogen (maturation and maintenance of the reproductive organs), testosterone (prepares the uterus for pregnancy, and the mammary glands for lactation) and progesterone (promoting menstrual cycle changes in the endometrium)}
• celiac ganglion (MA:CELIAC GANGLION); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
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  • greater thoracic splanchnic nerve (MA:GREATER SPLANCHNIC NERVE); ORIGIN={thoracic sympathetic trunk and fifth through tenth thoracic GANGLIA}; DISTRIBUTION={descending through the diaphragm or its aortic openings, ends in celiac ganglia and plexuses, with a splanchnic ganglion commonly occurring near the diaphragm; to pancreas}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}; MUSCLES={Endocrine - pancreas, sympathetic - release parathyroid hormones into blood; Vessels - liver blood vessels - contract blood vessels; Vessels - stomach blood vessels - contract blood vessels; Vessels - thorathic arterial vasoconstrictors - narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles}; FIBERS={GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG -> Blood vessels,TARGET.TEA.VESSELS; GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG -> Endocrine Glands,TARGET.TEA.ENDOCRINE; GVA:Stomach,TARGET.TEA.STOMACH -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM; GVA:Liver,TARGET.TEA.LIVER -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM}
• superior mesenteric ganglion (MA:SUPERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
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  • lesser splanchnic nerve (MA:LESSER SPLANCHNIC NERVE); ORIGIN={T9-T11 GANGLIA of sympathetic trunk}; DISTRIBUTION={pierces the diaphragm, joins the aorticorenal ganglion and celiac plexus, and communicates with the renal and superior mesenteric plexuses}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}; MUSCLES={Endocrine - adrenal gland - releasing hormones in response to stress through the synthesis of corticosteroids such as cortisol and catecholamines such as epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine; Heart - NE receptors of atrium muscles - increase contractility in the atria of the heart}; FIBERS={GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG -> Heart,TARGET.TEA.HEART; GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG -> Endocrine Glands,TARGET.TEA.ENDOCRINE; GVA:Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK -> Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG -> Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM}
• thoracic sympatetic chain ganglia (MA:THORACIC SYMPATHETIC TRUNK GANGLIA); MODALITY={sympathetic motor}; FIBERS={GVE:Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML -> Sympathetic Thoracic Ganglia,LAC.PN.SYM.TG -> Blood vessels,TARGET.TEA.VESSELS}
  • intercostal nerves, sympathetic fibers; ORIGIN={gray rami communicants}; DISTRIBUTION={muscles, vasomotor thoracic nerves to mammary gland T1-T5}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor}; MUSCLES={Vessels - breast blood vessels - contract blood vessels; Vessels - thorathic arterial vasoconstrictors - narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles}
  • thoracic sympatetic fibers, meningeal branches; DISTRIBUTION={spinal meninges and perivascular plexuses}; MODALITY={sympathetic motor}; MUSCLES={Vessels - thorathic arterial vasoconstrictors - narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles}
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