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serratus anterior
(redirected from Serratus anterior muscle)

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Noun1.serratus anterior - muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cageserratus anterior - muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage
serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk


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1) Primary nerve repair or interposition nerve grafting techniques are not feasible in this small group of patients) We describe the long-term results of microvascular flee-tissue transfer of the serratus anterior muscle to achieve facial reanimation in 3 patients who had undergone wide-field parotidectomy with facial nerve resection.
Trapezius weakness is evidenced by lateral winging, which is differentiated from the medial winging seen in weakness of the serratus anterior muscle.
 
 
 
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