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[[Image:Gray-image1215.gif|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Gray-image1215.gif/credit|{{Gray-image1215.gif/credit}}<br/>|}}The surface of the left side of the thorax.]]
{{Image|Gray-image1215.gif|right|350px|The surface of the left side of the thorax.}}
The thoracic wall is "the outer margins of the thorax containing skin, deep fascia; thoracic vertebrae; ribs; sternum; and muscles."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
The thoracic wall is "the outer margins of the thorax containing skin, deep fascia; thoracic vertebrae; ribs; sternum; and muscles."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
[[Image:Gray-image112.gif|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Gray-image112.gif/credit|{{Gray-image112.gif/credit}}<br/>|}}The rib cage viewed from the front.]]
{{Image|Gray-image112.gif|right|350px|The rib cage viewed from the front.}}


[[Image:Gray-image1218.gif|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Gray-image1218.gif/credit|{{Gray-image1218.gif/credit}}<br/>|}}Diagram showing relations of opened heart to front of thoracic wall.]]
{{Image|Gray-image1218.gif|right|350px|Diagram showing relations of opened heart to front of thoracic wall.}}


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The surface of the left side of the thorax.

The thoracic wall is "the outer margins of the thorax containing skin, deep fascia; thoracic vertebrae; ribs; sternum; and muscles."[1]

The rib cage viewed from the front.
Diagram showing relations of opened heart to front of thoracic wall.

References