MUSCULUS INTERCOSTALIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

Synonyms:

intercostal; intercostal muscle; musculus intercostalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("musculus intercostalis" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

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