scalene muscle smallest
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Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
musculus scalenus minimus — [TA] smallest scalene muscle: a band occasionally found between the musculi scalenus anterior and scalenus medius; origin, transverse process of seventh cervical vertebra; insertion, first rib, suprapleural membrane; innervation, seventh… … Medical dictionary
respiration, human — ▪ physiology Introduction the process by which oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide discharged. The design of the respiratory system The human gas exchanging organ, the lung, is located in the thorax, where its delicate tissues are… … Universalium
Scalenus posterior — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculus scalenus posterior GraySubject = 114 GrayPage = 396 Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. (Scalenus posterior visible at bottom right.) Caption2 = Origin = transverse processes of C4 C6… … Wikipedia
