The thoracic spine serves many functions. It protects the spinal cord, the bundle of nerves that extend from your brain to the body. It provides an attachment point for your ribs and helps with ...

The seven dermatomes associated with cervical nerves include: The thoracic dermatomes travel downward from where their nerves emerge from the spinal column and wrap around the torso. The first ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome occurs when there is nerve compression at the superior thoracic outlet caused by pressure on a neurovascular bundle that passes between the anterior scalene and middle ...