INTERCOSTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intercostal mean? 

• INTERCOSTAL (noun)
  The noun INTERCOSTAL has 1 sense:

1. muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

  Familiarity information: INTERCOSTAL used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERCOSTAL (adjective)
  The adjective INTERCOSTAL has 1 sense:

1. located or occurring between the ribs

  Familiarity information: INTERCOSTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERCOSTAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

intercostal; intercostal muscle; musculus intercostalis

Hypernyms ("intercostal" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Derivation:

intercostal (located or occurring between the ribs)

• INTERCOSTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located or occurring between the ribs

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

intercostal muscles

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

rib (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))

Derivation:

intercostal (muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration)

 Context examples 

A unipolar electrocardiogram lead site; the electrode is placed at the fourth intercostal space on the anterior chest wall (between ribs 4 and 5) to the right of the sternal border.

(Lead Site V1, NCI Thesaurus)

A unipolar precordial lead placed at the second intercostal space to the left of the sternum.

(Lead Site rV2, NCI Thesaurus)

V2 electrode (+) placed in the 6th intercostal space on the left side of the thorax along a line parallel to the level of the point of the shoulder.

(Lead Site CV6LU, NCI Thesaurus)

A unipolar electrocardiogram lead site; the electrode is placed on the anterior chest wall at the fourth intercostal space (between ribs 4 and 5) to the left of the sternal border.

(Lead Site V2, NCI Thesaurus)

In small animals it corresponds to V4-V6 where it is placed at the 6th left intercostal space near the costochondral junction.

(Lead Site V4, NCI Thesaurus)

V1 electrode (+) placed in the 6th intercostal space on the left side of the thorax along a line parallel to the level of the point of the elbow.

(Lead Site CV6LL, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic lead placement schema in which the "V" leads are placed one intercostal space cephalad to the position they would have in the standard lead placement schema.

(Lead Placement Standard Intercostal Space Higher, NCI Thesaurus)

The nine paired arteries arising from the aorta that supply the intercostal spaces (area between the ribs).

(Intercostal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A lymph node located in the intercostal space of the thoracic wall.

(Intercostal Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

The lowest superficial part of the heart which is situated behind the left 5th intercostal space.

(Apex of the Heart, NCI Thesaurus)