- May 2, 2026The thoracodorsal nerve is the motor supply to the latissimus dorsi, arising from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus…
- May 2, 2026The medial pectoral nerve, despite its name, supplies both pectoral muscles by first passing through or around the pectoralis minor…
- May 2, 2026The lateral pectoral nerve is the more superior and important of the two pectoral nerves, supplying primarily the clavicular head…
- May 2, 2026The long thoracic nerve (nerve to serratus anterior) has an exceptionally long and superficial course on the lateral chest wall…
- May 2, 2026The long thoracic nerve has no cutaneous sensory territory and supplies only the serratus anterior, but this single motor function…
- May 2, 2026The inferior pulmonary ligament is a double layer of pleura extending from the inferior hilum to the diaphragm, anchoring the…
- May 2, 2026The interchondral ligaments connect the adjacent margins of the fifth to ninth costal cartilages where they articulate at the interchondral…
- May 2, 2026The annular ligaments (cricotracheal and intertracheal ligaments) are the fibroelastic membranes connecting adjacent tracheal cartilaginous rings, allowing the trachea to…
- May 2, 2026Cooper's suspensory ligaments are fibrous septa that extend from the skin of the breast to the deep fascia overlying the…
- May 2, 2026The costotransverse ligaments connect the neck and tubercle of each rib to the transverse process of the corresponding thoracic vertebra…