SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serratus posterior inferior mean? 

• SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR (noun)
  The noun SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR has 1 sense:

1. a thin quadrilateral muscle at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar regions; acts to counteract the pull of the diaphragm on the ribs to which it is attached

  Familiarity information: SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin quadrilateral muscle at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar regions; acts to counteract the pull of the diaphragm on the ribs to which it is attached

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("serratus posterior inferior" is a kind of...):

musculus serratus posterior; posterior serratus muscle; serratus posterior (skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward)