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Definition of Intercostal muscle
1. Noun. Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Derivative terms: Intercostal
Medical Definition of Intercostal muscle
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Literary usage of Intercostal muscle
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1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"At the back of the chest they lie between the pleura and the External intercostal
muscle, but are soon placed between the two planes of Intercostal ..."
2. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1880)
"... united only by the internal intercostal muscle and the pleura, and connected
with the rest of the body by a band of tissues consisting of the ..."
3. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"... which, when it acts singly, it inclines to one side. It may also take part in
expiration. 6. Common intercostal muscle. (Fig. 106, 5.) Synonyms. ..."
4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Follow the nerve through the internal intercostal muscle. It reaches the deep
surface of the muscle at the junction of the cartilage with the bone of the ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"G4G) that the direct galvanic stimulation of the external intercostal muscle
throughout the fifth space caused the lower rib to rise towards :he upper, ..."
6. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The external intercostal muscle * starts behind in the position of the tubercle
of the ribs, ... The internal intercostal muscle,* thinner than the former, ..."
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