Medical Definition of External intercostal muscles

1. Each arises from lower border of one rib and pass obliquely downward and forward to be inserted into the upper border of rib below; action, contract during inspiration, also maintain tension in the intercostal spaces to resist mediolateral movement; nerve supply, intercostal. Synonym: musculus intercostales externi. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of External Intercostal Muscles

external fertilization
external fistula
external fixation
external fixators
external gill
external haemorrhoid
external haemorrhoids
external hydrocephalus
external iliac artery
external iliac lymph nodes
external iliac plexus
external iliac vein
external intercostal membrane
external intercostal muscles (current term)
external jugular vein
external link
external links
external lip of iliac crest
external malleolar sign
external malleolus
external mammary artery
external matrix
external maxillary plexus
external medium
external meningitis

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