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SERRATUS MUSCLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several muscles of the trunk
Synonyms:
serratus; serratus muscles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("serratus muscles" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serratus muscles"):
anterior serratus muscle; musculus serratus anterior; serratus anterior; serratus magnus (muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage)
musculus serratus posterior; posterior serratus muscle; serratus posterior (skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward)
Holonyms ("serratus muscles" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
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