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intercostal muscle

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Noun1.intercostal muscleintercostal muscle - muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
intercostal, musculus intercostalis
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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As this awareness goes into the compressed side, the intercostal muscles begin to stretch making more room for the lungs and ribs to expand.
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[11,12] PCA activity is also positively correlated with the activity of accessory inspiratory muscles, such as the infrahyoid and intercostal muscles.
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