scalenus

American  

[skey-lee-nuhs] / skeɪˈli nəs /

noun

Anatomy.

scaleni plural

1. any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.

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scalenus British  

/ skəˈliːnəs, skeɪ- /

noun

1. anatomy any one of the three muscles situated on each side of the neck extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first or second pair of ribs

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• scaleni
  plural

Etymology

Origin of scalenus

1695–1705; < New Latin, Late Latin. See scalene

Example Sentences

It has, however, special elements of danger in it, involved in the unavoidable division, of part at least, or probably the whole, of the scalenus anticus.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

Liston cut through the outer portion of the scalenus with success for an idiopathic aneurism.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The subclavian vein is generally quite safe, running in front of the scalenus anticus, and at a lower level.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The lowest cord of the brachial plexus lies immediately behind the artery, between it and the middle scalenus.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The lower edge of the posterior belly of the omohyoid must then be sought; this leads at once to the posterior or outer margin of the scalenus anticus.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph