scalenus

American  

[skey-lee-nuhs] / skeɪˈli nəs /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

scaleni

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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Etymology

Origin of scalenus

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

Example Sentences

The trapezius, the splenius, the scaleni, and the levator scapulæ muscle may also undergo shortening, along with their investing sheaths derived from the cervical fascia.

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In death from adynamia it is through failure of muscle, that is, of the heart, of the scaleni and intercostals, of the diaphragm, and of the laryngeal muscles, et cetera.

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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.

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The scaleni were very large; and the vessels held the same relation to them as in man.

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The scaleni muscles, three in number on each side, which connect at one end with the vertebræ of the neck and at the other with the first and second ribs.

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