subcostalis
Meanings
noun
- Any of a group of muscular and aponeurotic fasciculi, usually well-developed only in the lower part of the thorax; each originates from the inner surface of one rib, and is inserted into the inner surface of the second or third rib below, near its angle.
Word forms
Etymology
From sub- + Latin costalis.
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