posterior scalene muscle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounposterior scalene muscle (plural posterior scalene muscles)

plural posterior scalene muscles · alternative posterior scalene · alternative scalenus posterior

  1. anatomyA 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 後斜角肌 /后斜角肌
  • 後斜角肌 /后斜角肌 (hòu xiéjiǎo jī)muscle
German hinterer Treppenmuskel
  • hinterer Treppenmuskelmuscle
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