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INTERCOSTAL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

Synonyms:

intercostal; intercostal muscle; musculus intercostalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("intercostal" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Derivation:

intercostal (located or occurring between the ribs)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located or occurring between the ribs

Example:

intercostal muscles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))

Derivation:

intercostal (muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A V1-type lead is used whose positive electrode is localized in the 4th intercostal space, 2.5cm from the sternum.

(Lead Placement Pseudo Orthogonal XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of three arteries (posterior or dorsal branch, collateral intercostal and spinal) that branch off of the intercostal artery.

(Intercostal Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An augmented unipolar lead placed at the sixth intercostal space on the midaxillary line.

(Lead Site aV6, NCI Thesaurus)

The right side bronchial arteries arise from the first aortic intercostal while the left side arises from thoracic aorta.

(Bronchial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the external iliac artery with many smaller branches that connects to the superior epigastric artery and lower intercostal arteries.

(Inferior Epigastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiogram (ECG) lead placement whereby the X+ lead is placed at the right mid-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space, X- at the left mid-axillary line at the 4th intercostal space, Y+ at the proximal left leg, Y- at the superior aspect of the manubrium, Z+ at the direct posterior to Z- and Z- at the 4th intercostal space at the left sternal margin.

(Lead Placement Bipolar Uncorrected XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)

The veins that drain the bronchi then form two branches where the right side drains into the right azygos vein and the left side drains into the left superior intercostal or left upper azygos vein.

(Bronchial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

In small animals, it is placed at the right fifth intercostal space near the sternum.

(Lead Site V1, NCI Thesaurus)

A unipolar electrocardiogram lead site; the electrode is placed at the fifth intercostal space on the anterior chest wall (between ribs 5 and 6) at the left midclavicular line.

(Lead Site V4, NCI Thesaurus)

In small animals it corresponds to V2-V3 where it is placed at the 6th left intercostal space near the sternum.

(Lead Site V2, NCI Thesaurus)