posterior scalene muscle
English
Alternative forms
- posterior scalene, scalenus posterior
Noun
posterior scalene muscle (plural posterior scalene muscles)
- (anatomy) 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.
- Coordinate terms: anterior scalene muscle, middle scalene muscle
Translations
muscle
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References
- “scalenus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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