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Definition of Serratus posterior
1. Noun. Skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward.
Generic synonyms: Serratus, Serratus Muscles
Specialized synonyms: Serratus Posterior Inferior, Serratus Posterior Superior
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serratus Posterior
Literary usage of Serratus posterior
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"At the upper end of the thoracic region it dips beneath the serratus posterior
superior into the neck, and at the lower end it blends with the aponeurosis ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... Transversus thoracis serratus posterior superior serratus posterior inferior
Diaphragma Medial crus I til i • rn ii -iI in ic crus > Lateral cms ..."
3. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"M. serratus posterior inferior (Fig. 73, «).—The serratus posterior inferior is
a thin muscle lying caudad of the serratus posterior ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"the thoracic region it dips beneath the serratus posterior superior into the
neck, and at the lower end it blends with the aponeurosis of origin of the ..."
5. Anatomical Names by Albert Chauncey Eycleshymer, Daniel Martin Schoemaker, Roy Lee Moodie, Wilhelm His (1917)
"... anterior—47:1 • serratus, posterior inferior—45:21 — serratus, posterior
superior—45:22 = of skeleton—45:11 ..."
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