Tutorial 47: distinguishing white and gray rami communicantes in dissection

Click to embiggen White rami are <em> usually </em> thicker than gray rami, and <em> sometimes </em> they are visibly different in color, but they are <em> always </em> the more lateral connections between the sympathetic chain and the intercostal nerves, and the ones you'll see first when you peel off the parietal pleura. You may even see the white rami through the parietal pleura if it's thin enough.