See Also: dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal arteries 3-11(medicine)
dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal veins 4-11(medicine)
dorsal branch of the superior intercostal artery(medicine)
posterior intercostal arteries(medicine)
collateral branches of posterior intercostal arteries 3-11(medicine)
intercostal arteries(medicine)
anterior intercostal arteries(medicine)
posterior branch of right branch of portal vein(medicine)
posterior intercostal veins(medicine)
pectoral and abdominal anterior cutaneous branch of intercostal nerves(medicine)

dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal arteries 3-11 (medicine) and leptocytosis (medicine)


dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal arteries 3-11 (medicine)


dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal arteries 3-11
Terminal branch (with ventral branch) of the 3rd through 11th posterior intercostal arteries, distributed to thoracic portion of posterior vertebral column, spinal cord and environs, and back.

Synonym: ramus dorsalis arteriarum intercostalium posteriorum III-XI.


leptocytosis (medicine)


leptocytosis


The presence of leptocytes in the circulating blood, as in thalassaemia, some instances of jaundice (even in the absence of anaemia), occasional examples of hepatic disease (in the absence of jaundice), and some patients who have had the spleen removed.