| 释义 |
posterior intercostal arteries 3-11 pos·te·ri·or in·ter·cos·tal ar·ter·ies 3-11 [TA] nine pairs of arteries arising from the thoracic aorta and distributed to the nine lower intercostal spaces, vertebral column, spinal cord, and muscles and integument of the back; they anastomose with branches of the musculophrenic, internal thoracic, superior epigastric, subcostal and lumbar. Synonym(s): arteriae intercostales posteriores [TA], arteriae intercostales posteriores III-XIpos·te·ri·or in·ter·cos·tal ar·te·ries 3-11 (pos-tēr'ē-ŏr in'tĕr-kos'tăl ahr'tĕr-ēz) [TA] One of nine pairs of arteries arising from the thoracic aorta and distributed to the nine lower intercostal spaces, vertebral column, spinal cord, and muscles and integument of the back; they anastomose with branches of the musculophrenic, internal thoracic, superior epigastric, subcostal, and lumbar. Synonym(s): arteriae intercostales posteriores III-XI. |