@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00021738,
 author = {Miyauchi, Ryosuke},
 issue = {1-4},
 journal = {Acta medica Nagasakiensia},
 month = {Oct},
 note = {Macroscopic examinations were made of 50 sides of the body in 25 Japanese adult cadavers to determine the frequency of the lateral cutaneous branch for each intercostal nerve. The first intercostal nerve is said to usually lack the lateral cutaneous branch, but a case was found in which this branch was present on one side (2%). The second intercostal nerve was found to not have the lateral cutaneous branch on two sides (4%), the fifth intercostal nerve also lacked this branch on two sides (4%), and the seventh intercostal nerve did not have this branch on one side (2%) among the cases examined. The absence of the lateral cutaneous branch was confirmed for these intercostal nerves by stereomicroscopic inspection of the nerve fibers that compose the lateral cutaneous branch of adjacent intercostal nerves in these cases. Furthermore, review of the fifth and seventh intercostal nerves from the morphological standpoint in relationship to the external oblique abdominal muscle also indicated the absence of the lateral cutaneous branch in these cases., Acta medica Nagasakiensia. 1983, 28(1-4), p.35-45},
 pages = {35--45},
 title = {The Lateral Cutaneous Branch of the Intercostal Nerves - Its Frequency on Macroscopic Examinations},
 volume = {28},
 year = {1983}
}