musculus intercostalis

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   muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

   Synonymsintercostalintercostal muscle

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Questions about musculus intercostalis

What does musculus intercostalis mean?

musculus intercostalis means "muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration".

What is another word for musculus intercostalis?

Close synonyms include intercostal, intercostal muscle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is musculus intercostalis a common word?

musculus intercostalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.