posterior scalene
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Scalene muscles — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. Caption2 = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. Origin =… … Wikipedia
Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle — Posterior cricoarytenoid Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed. Latin musculus cricoarytenoideus posterior … Wikipedia
scalene — 1. Having sides of unequal length, said of a triangle so formed. 2. One of several muscles so named. See scalenus anterior (muscle), musculus scalenus anticus, scalenus medius (muscle), scalenus … Medical dictionary
scalene muscle posterior — musculus scalenus posterior … Medical dictionary
musculus scalenus posterior — [TA] posterior scalene muscle: origin, posterior tubercles of transverse processes of fourth to sixth cervical vertebrae; insertion, second rib; innervation, sixth to eighth cervical; action, raises second rib, flexes cervical vertebrae laterally … Medical dictionary
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
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
scalenus — SYN: scalene. [L.] * * * sca·le·nus skā lē nəs n, pl sca·le·ni .nī any of usu. three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib … Medical dictionary
Muscles of respiration — The various muscles of respiration aid in both inspiration and expiration, which require changes in the pressure within the thoracic cavity. The respiratory muscles work to achieve this by changing the dimensions of the thoracic cavity. The… … Wikipedia
Tubercle — A small tuber, a small lump or bump. * * * 1. A nodule, especially in an anatomic, not pathologic, sense. 2. A circumscribed, rounded, solid elevation on the skin, mucous membrane, or surface of an organ. 3. A slight … Medical dictionary
