Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated or occurring within the thorax or chest: as, the heart and lungs are intrathoracic organs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Within the thorax or chest.
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- adjective anatomy Within the
thorax
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Examples
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These haemorrhages are caused by sudden changes of the intravascular blood pressure as a result of a compression of intrathoracic great vessels by a shock wave caused by a penetrating bullet.
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These haemorrhages are caused by sudden changes of the intravascular blood pressure as a result of a compression of intrathoracic great vessels by a shock wave caused by a penetrating bullet.
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Risk factors for intrathoracic tuberculosis in children in the economic migrant populations of two Dominican Republic bateyes.
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When apnea is treated, negative intrathoracic pressure is reversed, acid stays in the stomach and stress hormone levels decline, allowing for easier weight loss.
Diet Update, a New Resolve and a Cheerio aka TBTAM 2008
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During the period of rest the tension of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves is relaxed, and blood is flowing from the veins into the atria, being aspirated by negative intrathoracic pressure, and slightly also from the atria into the ventricles.
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In two locations it normally often assumes a more or less oval outline; in the cervical region, due to pressure of the thyroid gland; and in the intrathoracic portion just above the bifurcation where it is crossed by the aorta.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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A, shows cane-shaped cannula for use in intrathoracic compressive or other stenoses.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The respiratory movements consist in a dilatation or opening up of the thoracic esophageal lumen during inspiration, due to the negative intrathoracic pressure.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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"Performing a coronary artery bypass surgery is technically more demanding on patients who have displacement of heart by intrathoracic structures", Dr R Ravikumar, Director,
Analysis 2010
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This effect will by exacerbated by any factors that increase the mean intrathoracic pressure such as high inspiratory pressures, prolonged inspiratory times and the application of PEEP.
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