levatores costarum

levatores costarum
levatores cos·tar·um -.käs-'tār-əm, -'tär- n pl a series of 12 muscles on each side that arise from the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper 11 thoracic vertebrae, that pass obliquely downward and laterally to insert into the outer surface of the rib immediately below or in the case of the lowest four muscles of the series divide into two fasciculi of which one inserts as described and the other inserts into the second rib below, and that raise the ribs increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity and extend, bend, and rotate the spinal column

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  • Levatores costarum muscles — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculi levatores costarum GraySubject = 117 GrayPage = 403 Caption = Deep muscles of the back. (Levatores costarum labeled vertically at center left.) Origin = Transverse processes of C7 to T12 vertebrae… …   Wikipedia

  • levatores costarum muscles — musculi levatores costarum …   Medical dictionary

  • levatores costarum breves muscles — musculi levatores costarum breves …   Medical dictionary

  • levatores costarum longi muscles — musculi levatores costarum longi …   Medical dictionary

  • Musculi levatores costarum — Ursprung Querfortsatz des 7. Hals bis 11. Brustwirbels Ansatz brevis: nächsttiefere Rippe, longi: übernächste tiefere Rippe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • musculi levatores costarum — [TA] levator muscles of ribs (12 on each side): originating from the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and first to eleventh thoracic vertebrae and inserting medial to the angle of a lower rib (see musculi levatores costarum breves and …   Medical dictionary

  • musculi levatores costarum breves — [TA] short levator muscles of ribs: the levatores costarum muscles of each side that insert medial to the angle of the rib next below the vertebra of origin …   Medical dictionary

  • musculi levatores costarum longi — [TA] long levator muscles of ribs: the lower levatores costarum muscles of each side, which have fascicles extending down to the second rib below the vertebra of origin …   Medical dictionary

  • Musculi levatores costarum — šonkaulių keliamieji raumenys statusas T sritis raumenys atitikmenys: lot. Musculi levatores costarum ryšiai: platesnis terminas – liemens raumenys …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai

  • Musculi levatores costarum — šonkaulių keliamieji raumenys statusas T sritis gyvūnų anatomija, gyvūnų morfologija atitikmenys: lot. Musculi levatores costarum ryšiai: platesnis terminas – krūtinės raumenys …   Veterinarinės anatomijos, histologijos ir embriologijos terminai

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