Intercostal Muscles

"Intercostal Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration. (From Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor ID

D007366

MeSH Number(s)

A02.633.567.900.500

Concept/Terms

Intercostal Muscles

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Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Muscles [A02.633]
Muscle, Skeletal [A02.633.567]
Respiratory Muscles [A02.633.567.900]
Intercostal Muscles [A02.633.567.900.500]

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Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	1	2
2001	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Intercostal Muscles" by people in Profiles.

T-tube drainage and intercostals muscle flap reinforcement for the management of intrathoracic esophago-gastric anastomotic leakage with pyothorax: a case report. Fukuoka Igaku Zasshi. 2014 Jan; 105(1):11-5.

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Intercostal neuroma as a source of pain after aesthetic and reconstructive breast implant surgery. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Sep; 65(9):1199-203.

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Airway management of tetanus after the Haitian earthquake: new aspects of old observations. Anesth Analg. 2011 Sep; 113(3):545-7.

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Mass of intercostal muscles associates with risk of multiple exacerbations in COPD. Respir Med. 2010 Mar; 104(3):378-88.

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Unusual case of hemoptysis 13 years after bilobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar; 83(3):1188-90.

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Neuromuscular synapse formation in mice lacking motor neuron- and skeletal muscle-derived Neuregulin-1. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 11; 26(2):655-61.

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Intercostal lung hernia in a 7-year-old boy. J Pediatr Surg. 2005 Sep; 40(9):1508-9.

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2-Deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose uptake in intercostal respiratory muscles on positron emission tomography/computed tomography: smokers versus nonsmokers. Mol Imaging Biol. 2004 Nov-Dec; 6(6):405-10.

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The radiologic appearance of intercostal muscle flap. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Aug; 78(2):432-5.

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Oscillation of the lung by chest-wall vibration. Respir Physiol. 2001 Jul; 126(3):245-9.

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