Group · Skeletal system
Superior thoracic aperture
Apertura superior thoracis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Part of
- Thoracic skeleton
DescriptionUnreviewed
The thoracic inlet, also known as the superior thoracic aperture, refers to the opening at the top of the thoracic cavity.
It is also clinically referred to as the thoracic outlet, in the case of thoracic outlet syndrome; this refers to the superior thoracic aperture, and not to the lower, larger opening, the inferior thoracic aperture.
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Names
- Latin
- Apertura superior thoracis
- English
- Superior thoracic aperture
- French
- Ouverture thoracique supérieure
- Spanish
- Abertura torácica superior
- Portuguese
- Abertura torácica superior