posterior scalene muscle (English, noun)
expansion: posterior scalene muscle (plural posterior scalene muscles)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: posterior scalene muscles
tags: plural
form: posterior scalene
tags: alternative
form: scalenus posterior
tags: alternative