intercostal
肋间
definition
noun
Fold your left leg over your right knee and cross over with your elbows to hit the transverse abdominus, intercostals and obliques.
a muscle situated between the ribs.
adjective
the fifth left intercostal space
situated between the ribs.
example
Referral to a subspecialist also may be considered for patients who have more generalized pain related to irritation of a thoracic or 'intercostal' nerve root.
A left posterolateral thoracotomy was performed in the 5th 'intercostal' space.
The diaphragm electrode was inserted at the ventral end of the seventh or eighth 'intercostal' space.
There were 3 smaller satellite lesions occupying the left first, fifth, and eighth 'intercostal' spaces.
There were extremely large and tortuous 'intercostal' arteries.
Another name for something similar to Tietze's syndrome is costal chondritis, which is the inflammation of the 'intercostals' between the ribs.
Fold your left leg over your right knee and cross over with your elbows to hit the transverse abdominus, 'intercostals' and obliques.
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