What does the T6 nerve control?

These nerves and muscles help control the rib cage, lungs, diaphragm and muscles that help you breathe. T-6 through T-12 nerves affect abdominal and back muscles. These nerves and muscles are important for balance and posture, and they help you cough or expel foreign matter from your airway.

What is T6 in the spine?

The T6 vertebra is situated between the T5 vertebra and the T7 vertebra, in the thoracic (middle) region of the spine. Like the vertebrae in the rest of the spine, the thoracic vertebrae are bony segments that serve to protect our spinal nerves and give support to the body.

What does T6 and above mean?

Autonomic dysreflexia is a syndrome in which there is a sudden onset of excessively high blood pressure. It is more common in people with spinal cord injuries that involve the thoracic nerves of the spine or above (T6 or above).

What is a T6 spinal cord injury?

A T6 spinal cord injury can affect motor control and sensation from the top of the abdomen down. Luckily, T6 spinal cord injury patients usually have normal upper extremity functions; therefore, control of the head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, and chest are often unaffected.

What is a T6 lesion?

Lesions to the spinal cord at or above T6 allow the strong and uninhibited sympathetic tone to constrict the splanchnic vascular bed, causing systemic hypertension. Lesions below T6 generally allow enough descending inhibitory parasympathetic control to modulate the splanchnic tone and prevent hypertension.

What does T6 and T7 control?

T6, T7, and T8 can feed into the chest and/or down into the abdomen. T9, T10, T11, and T12 can feed into the abdomen and/or lower in the back….Function.

T1–T6	Intercostals and trunk above the waist
T7–L1	Abdominal muscles

Where is T6 and T7 in the spine?

T6: Sixth thoracic vertebra. T7: Seventh thoracic vertebra. T8: Eighth thoracic vertebra.

Where is T6 T7?

The T7 vertebra is located in the middle of the thoracic spinal column inferior to the T6 vertebra and superior to the T8 vertebra.

Is thoracic back pain serious?

Thoracic back pain is common throughout life but is not as well studied as neck pain or low back pain. Thoracic back pain is more often due to serious spinal pathology than neck or low back pain but thoracic back pain is also prevalent among healthy individuals without any serious underlying cause.

What does T6 and T7 affect?

The T5 and T6 vertebrae pain symptoms include digestion problems such as ulcers and heartburn. While T7 pain symptoms also include digestive ailments, the T7 and T8 vertebrae injury symptoms include fatigue, anemia, circulatory weakness, weakened immune system, and low blood, among others.

When should I worry about thoracic back pain?

Pain that doesn’t get better after 2-4 weeks of treatment. Pain that is accompanied by severe stiffness in the morning. Changes to the shape of the spine, including the appearance of lumps or bumps. Pins and needles, numbness or weakness of the legs that is severe or gets worse over time.

What does a pinched thoracic nerve feel like?

Individuals with a thoracic pinched nerve often experience some of the following symptoms: Pain in the middle of the back. Pain that radiates to the front of the chest or shoulder. Numbness or tingling that extends from the back into the upper chest.

What is the function of the sympathetic chain?

The sympathetic chain is a component of the autonomic nervous system and is composed of general visceral afferent and efferent axons that allow for involuntary control of bodily functions via the hypothalamus. The overarching function of the sympathetic system is to control the ‘fight, fright or flight’ (sympathoadrenal) response.

What is the function of the sympathetic trunk?

Structure. The sympathetic trunk permits preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system to ascend to spinal levels superior to T1 and descend to spinal levels inferior to L2/3. The superior end of it is continued upward through the carotid canal into the skull, and forms a plexus on the internal carotid artery;

Where does the sympathetic cord start and end?

Sympathetic trunk. The sympathetic trunks ( sympathetic chain, gangliated cord) are a paired bundle of nerve fibers that run from the base of the skull to the coccyx .

Where are splanchnic nerves located in the sympathetic trunk?

The thoracic ganglia give off the greater, lesser and least splanchnic nerves to supply the abdominal viscera. The splanchnic nerves are preganglionic fibres which will synapse in collateral ganglia displaced from the sympathetic trunk (e.g. coeliac ganglion) in the abdomen.

What does the T6 nerve control? These nerves and muscles help control the rib cage, lungs, diaphragm and muscles that help you breathe. T-6 through T-12 nerves affect abdominal and back muscles. These nerves and muscles are important for balance and posture, and they help you cough or expel foreign matter from your airway. What…