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SCALENUS
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Irregular inflected form: scaleni
I. (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
Synonyms:
musculus scalenus; scalene muscle; scalenus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scalenus" 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)
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