musculus scalenus

1. 1.

   any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing

   Synonymsscalenusscalene muscle

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Questions about musculus scalenus

What does musculus scalenus mean?

musculus scalenus means "any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing".

What is another word for musculus scalenus?

Close synonyms include scalenus, scalene 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 scalenus a common word?

musculus scalenus 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.