serratus posterior

1. 1.

   skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward

   Synonymsposterior serratus musclemusculus serratus posterior

   Broaderserratus

   Narrowerserratus posterior inferiorserratus posterior superior

Questions about serratus posterior

What does serratus posterior mean?

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

What is another word for serratus posterior?

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

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.