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Ventral root
Medial branch
Lateral branch
Dorsal ramus of thoracic nerve
Intercostal nerve (ventral
ramus of thoracic spinal nerve)
Internal intercostal membrane
deep to external intercostal
muscle
Serratus anterior muscle
Gray and white
rami communicantes
Sympathetic trunk and ganglion
Innermost intercostal muscle
Internal intercostal muscle
External intercostal muscle
Sternum
Transversus
thoracis muscle
Right posterior
intercostal
arteries (c
ut
)
Thoracic aorta
Innermost intercostal muscle
Internal intercostal muscle
External intercostal muscle
Internal thoracic artery
External
oblique
muscle
Lateral cutaneous
branch of posterior
intercostal artery
External intercostal membrane
Anterior intercostal arteries
Rectus abdominis muscle
Superior
epigastric artery
Perforating
branch
Anterior cutaneous branch of intercostal nerve
Pectoralis major muscle
External oblique
muscle
Anterior branch
of lateral cutaneous
branch of
intercostal nerve
Lateral
cutaneous
branch of
intercostal
nerve
Subscapularis muscle
Teres minor
muscle
Infraspinatus muscle
Scapula
Internal intercostal membrane
Posterior intercostal artery
Erector spinae muscle
Rhomboid major muscle
Trapezius muscle
Dorsal branch of posterior intercostal artery
Spinal (radicular, or segmental medullary)
branch of posterior intercostal artery
Dorsal root
(spinal) ganglion
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