English Explanatory Dictionary

posterior scalene muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A muscle arising from the transverse processes of the fourth to sixth cervical vertebrae, inserting on the outer surface of the second rib, and functioning to raise the second rib and to bend and slightly rotate the neck.

Word forms

posterior scalene muscle posterior scalene muscles posterior scalene scalenus posterior
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