Thoracic diaphragm

Tags: Anatomical Structure.

In human anatomy the thoracic diaphragm or simply the diaphragm (Ancient Greek: διάφραγμα diáphragma “partition”) is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle that extends across the bottom of the rib cage.

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artery

Inferior phrenic arteries, Musculophrenic artery, Pericardiacophrenic artery

Dorlands prefix

d_15

Dorlands suffix

12293509

Gray page

404

Gray subject

117

MeSH name

Diaphragm

MeSH number

A02.633.567.900.300

nerve

Phrenic nerve, Intercostal nerves

precursor

Septum transversum, Pleuroperitoneal

vein

Superior phrenic vein, Inferior phrenic vein