scalene muscle
English
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editNoun
editscalene muscle (plural scalene muscles)
- (anatomy) Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.
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References
edit- “scalenus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “scalenus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.