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Chest wall structure

Known as: Wall, Chest, Thoracic Wall, Wall of thorax 
The total system of structures outside the lungs that move as a part of breathing; it includes all structures from the skin to the parietal pleura.
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Anterior chest wall structureBlood supply aspectsBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

Broader (3)

Anterior thoracic regionBody wall structureSubdivision of thorax

Narrower (9)

Endothoracic fasciaIntercostales intimiSkeletal muscle structure of thoraxStructure of external intercostal muscle

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
HIGHLIGHTED TOPIC Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology in Obesity Physiology of obesity and effects on lung function
Salome CM, King GG, Berend N. Physiology of obesity and effects on lung function. J Appl Physiol 108: 206–211, 2010. First… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Normal polysomnographic respiratory values in children and adolescents.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Polysomnography is important in the evaluation of children and adolescents with sleep-disordered breathing… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Respiratory gated irradiation system for heavy-ion radiotherapy.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Extracellular pH distribution in human tumours.
Extracellular pH (pHc) was determined by needle microelectrodes in 67 tumour nodules in 58 patients. The objective was to… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Organ injury scaling.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
CT and MR imaging in staging non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma: report of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group.
The accuracies of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) in determining tumor classification and assessing… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Tumorigenicity and metastasis of human breast carcinoma cell lines in nude mice.
There are few reports describing experimental models of the growth and metastasis of human breast carcinomas. This article… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Histologic multifocality of tis, T1–2 breast carcinomas implications for clinical trials of breast‐conserving surgery
Breast cancer multifocality was studied in mastectomy specimens by correlated specimen radiography and histologic techniques. The… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Malignant small cell tumor of the thoracopulmonary region in childhood. A distinctive clinicopathologic entity of uncertain histogenesis
This report describes a unique clinicopathologic entity characterized as a malignant small cell tumor of the thoracopulmonary… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF CHEST WALL AND LUNG INJURIES IN RABBITS EXPOSED TO AIR SHOCK WAVES OF SHORT DURATION.
The movements of the chest walls of rabbits exposed to steep-fronted air shock waves of short duration produced by 50 g spherical… 
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