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1918 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (U.S. ed. 5) 999/1 Thoracolumbar.

1935 J. C. White Autonomic Nerv. Syst. iv. 52 The tendency to asphyxia, acidosis, dehydration, and loss of body heat which follow general anæsthesia and prolonged operations are all combated by the thoracolumbar division of the autonomic nervous system.

1948 A. Brodal Neurol. Anat. xi. 340 The preganglionic efferent neurons of the sympathetic nervous system in man have their perikarya in the spinal cord, more precisely in all the thoracic and the uppermost two lumbar segments... Synonymous designations for the sympathetic and para~sympathetic system therefore are the thoraco-lumbar and cranio-sacral systems.

1957 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 125 462/2 Cannon's distinction between the thoraco-lumbar and the cranio-sacral division of the autonomic nervous system deals with the same sort of temporal division.

1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. i. 2/2 Latissimus dors; arises from the spines of the lower six thoracic vertebrae, the thoracolumbar fascia, [etc.].

1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. ix. 3/2 The thoracic spine is relatively immobile... The most mobile part..is the thoracolumbar junction and this is damaged most commonly.