posterior scalene muscle

English

Alternative forms

• posterior scalene, scalenus posterior

Noun

posterior scalene muscle (plural posterior scalene muscles)

1. (anatomy) 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.

   Coordinate terms: anterior scalene muscle, middle scalene muscle

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後斜角肌／后斜角肌 (hòu xiéjiǎo jī)

• German: hinterer Treppenmuskel

References

• “scalenus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.