SCALENE MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scalene muscle mean? 

• SCALENE MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun SCALENE MUSCLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCALENE MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCALENE MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculus scalenus; scalene muscle; scalenus

Hypernyms ("scalene muscle" 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)