#summary 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.

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

= THORACIC NERVES - SENSORY =
(generated)

*motor nuclei/ganglia*:

*sensory nuclei/ganglia*:
  * [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]; NERVES={intercostal nerves, anterior cutaneous branches; intercostal muscular somatic nerves; subcostal nerve, sensory}
  * [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG 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:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/intercostal.htm 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}
    * <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/694/flashcards/597694/png/pectoralis_major21310847263117.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
    * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]}
    * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]}
    * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]}
    * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]}
   * *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}
     * <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/694/flashcards/597694/png/pectoralis_major21310847263117.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
     * *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}
      * <img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd230/healthy-back/Obliquus_abdominis_externus_side_1.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
      * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]}
      * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]}
     * *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}
      * <img src="http://o.quizlet.com/i/WM82O-qf8wi2b2MsP-NiDw.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
      * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_BREAST Breast,TARGET.TEA.BREAST] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]}
      * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_BREAST Breast,TARGET.TEA.BREAST] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]}
    * *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}
     * <img src="http://www.eorthopod.com/sites/default/files/images/adult_shoulder_fx_anatomy04.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
     * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_HAND Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]}
     * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_HAND Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]}
    * *intercostobrachial nerve* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/intercostobrachial.htm 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}
     * <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/269/flashcards/1797269/png/axilla1346722704234.png" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
     * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_HAND Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_UMG Upper Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.UMG]}
     * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_HAND Hand,TARGET.TEA.HAND] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_UDRG Upper Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.UDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_USG Upper Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.USG]}
     * *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:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne219.htm 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}
   * <img src="http://www.cixip.com/Public/kindeditor/attached/image/20121122/20121122135445_48690.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
   * fiber: GSA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LMG Lower Marginal Nucleus,LPC.SC.PH.LMG]}
   * fiber: GSA, types={C-sensory}, endings={SFN}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_PH_LSG Lower Substantia Gelatinosa,LPC.SC.PH.LSG]}

= THORACIC NERVES - SYMPATHETIC FIBERS =
(generated)

*motor nuclei/ganglia*:
  * [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_ARG Aorticorenal Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.ARG]; NERVES={lowest splanchnic nerve}
  * [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_CEG Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG]; NERVES={greater thoracic splanchnic nerve}
  * [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_SMG Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG]; NERVES={lesser splanchnic nerve}
  * [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_TG Sympathetic Thoracic Ganglia,LAC.PN.SYM.TG]; NERVES={thoracic sympatetic chain ganglia}

*sensory nuclei/ganglia*:
  * [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG]; NERVES={lowest splanchnic nerve; greater thoracic splanchnic nerve; lesser splanchnic nerve}

*nerves*:
  * *aorticorenal ganglion* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne334.htm AORTICORENAL GANGLION]); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
   * <img src="http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/stu1104541018/docs/res/anatomy_atlas_-_Patrick_W._Tank/4%20-%20The%20Thorax_files/C4FF46.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
   * *lowest splanchnic nerve* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne301.htm 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorticorenal_ganglion Vessels - renal blood vessels] - contract blood vessels}
    * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_ARG Aorticorenal Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.ARG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_VESSELS Blood vessels,TARGET.TEA.VESSELS]}
    * fiber: GVA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_GENITALIA Genitalia,TARGET.TEA.GENITALIA] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM 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:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne322.htm 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicle 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:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne326.htm TUBAL NERVES]; MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ovarianplexus.htm 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovary 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:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne336.htm CELIAC GANGLION]); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
   * <img src="http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/m1/anatomy2010/html/modules/intro_autonomics_2_module/Files/symp_adrenal.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
   * *greater thoracic splanchnic nerve* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne291.htm 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas Endocrine - pancreas, sympathetic] - release parathyroid hormones into blood; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver Vessels - liver blood vessels] - contract blood vessels; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach Vessels - stomach blood vessels] - contract blood vessels; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasoconstriction 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}
    * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_CEG Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_VESSELS Blood vessels,TARGET.TEA.VESSELS]}
    * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_CEG Coelic Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.CEG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_ENDOCRINE Endocrine Glands,TARGET.TEA.ENDOCRINE]}
    * fiber: GVA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_STOMACH Stomach,TARGET.TEA.STOMACH] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]}
    * fiber: GVA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_LIVER Liver,TARGET.TEA.LIVER] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]}
  * *superior mesenteric ganglion* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne319.htm SUPERIOR MESENTERIC GANGLION]); MODALITY={sympathetic motor, autonomic sensory}
   * <img src="http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/376/flashcards/598376/jpg/splanchnic_31335351279037.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;">
   * *lesser splanchnic nerve* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne305.htm 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_gland 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; [http://www.cram.com/flashcards/summary-of-ach-and-ne-influence-in-ans-682571 Heart - NE receptors of atrium muscles] - increase contractility in the atria of the heart}
    * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_SMG Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_HEART Heart,TARGET.TEA.HEART]}
    * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_SMG Superior Mesenteric Ganglion,LAC.PN.SYM.SMG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_ENDOCRINE Endocrine Glands,TARGET.TEA.ENDOCRINE]}
    * fiber: GVA, types={A-delta-sensory}, endings={SAD}, chain={[BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_TRUNK Trunk,TARGET.TEA.TRUNK] -> [BrainRegionLPC_PN_SG_LDRG Lower Dorsal Root Ganglion,LPC.PN.SG.LDRG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_SC_IZ_IMM Intermediomedial Nucleus,LPC.SC.IZ.IMM]}
  * *thoracic sympatetic chain ganglia* (MA:[http://www.oluwoleogunranti.com/course/course1/nerves/ne324.htm THORACIC SYMPATHETIC TRUNK  GANGLIA]); MODALITY={sympathetic motor}
   * fiber: GVE, types={B-motor}, endings={MPA-SPAV}, chain={[BrainRegionLAC_SC_IZ_IML Intermediolateral Nucleus,LAC.SC.IZ.IML] -> [BrainRegionLAC_PN_SYM_TG Sympathetic Thoracic Ganglia,LAC.PN.SYM.TG] -> [BrainRegionTARGET_TEA_VESSELS 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast Vessels - breast blood vessels] - contract blood vessels; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasoconstriction 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={[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasoconstriction 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}
    * <img src="http://www.interactive-biology.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Vasodilation-and-Vasoconstriction-1024x1024.jpg" alt="unavailable" style="max-width: 100%;" height=400>