musculus serratus posterior

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   skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward

   Synonymsposterior serratus muscleserratus posterior

   Broaderserratus

   Narrowerserratus posterior inferiorserratus posterior superior

Questions about musculus serratus posterior

What does musculus serratus posterior mean?

musculus serratus posterior means "skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward".

What is another word for musculus serratus posterior?

Close synonyms include posterior serratus muscle, serratus posterior. 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 serratus posterior a common word?

musculus serratus posterior 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.