anterior chest

Definition

Subdivision of thorax which is anterior to the plane of the posterior boundary of the middle mediastinum.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Arterial supply

internal thoracic artery

Sub-structures

• deltopectoral triangle
• infraclavicular fossa
• pectoral region
• presternal region
• anterior mediastinum
• middle mediastinum

Neighbouring structures

• chest wall
• diaphragm
• posterior chest

Identifiers

TA2

245

TA98

A01.1.00.015

FMA

24816

UBERON

0016416

Wikidata

Q21342622