musculus intercostalis

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Noun

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musculus intercostalis - muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration intercostal, intercostal muscle 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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