scalene muscle
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Noun
scalene muscle (plural scalene muscles)
- (anatomy) Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.
Translations
muscle
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References
- “scalenus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “scalenus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.