See Also: posterior thoracic nerve(medicine)
long thoracic nerve(medicine)
medial anterior thoracic nerve(medicine)
lateral anterior thoracic nerve(medicine)
thoracic cardiac branches of vagus nerve(medicine)
posterior ethmoidal nerve(medicine)
posterior cutaneous nerve of arm(medicine)
posterior ampullar nerve(medicine)
posterior auricular nerve(medicine)
posterior interosseous nerve(medicine)

yech (iou) and posterior thoracic nerve (medicine)


yech (iou)



yech interjection, noun, & adjective. slang (chiefly N. Amer.). Also yecch. M20.
[Imit. Cf. YUCK interjection.]
= YUCK interjection, noun3, & adjective.
Rolling Stone I went to..folk festivals which were just yecch, awful. Sunday Express Shaving, yech it's the bane of my existence.
yechy adjective = YUCKY adjective M20.

posterior thoracic nerve (medicine)


posterior thoracic nerve -->
long thoracic nerve
<anatomy, nerve> Arises from the fifth, sixth, and seventh cervical nerves (roots of brachial plexus), descends the neck behind the brachial plexus, and is distributed to the serratus anterior muscle; it is somewhat unusual in that it courses on the superficial aspect of the muscle is supplies; its paralysis results in "winged scapula".

Synonym: nervus thoracicus longus, Bell's respiratory nerve, external respiratory nerve of Bell, posterior thoracic nerve.