| ADJECTIVE | pert | intercostal | located or occurring between the ribs |
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| NOUN | body | intercostal, intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis | muscles between the ribs |
| Meaning | Located or occurring between the ribs. | |
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| Example | "intercostal muscles" | |
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
| Spanish | intercostal | |
| Catalan | intercostal | |
| Nouns | intercostal | muscles between the ribs |
| rib | any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) | |
| Meaning | muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration. | |
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| Synonyms | intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Spanish | intercostal, músculo intercostal, musculus intercostalis | |
| Catalan | intercostal, múscul intercostal, músculs intercostals, musculus intercostalis | |
| Adjectives | intercostal | located or occurring between the ribs |
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