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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In anatomy, one of several muscles of the thorax: so named because they arise by a series of digitations from successive ribs, and are thus serrate.

Wiktionary

  1. n. anatomy Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal region that produce a serrated border

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any of several muscles of the trunk

Examples

  • “Q And the serratus anterior nerve that -- or the nerves that go to it, where do they come from?”

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  • “That's in addition to the muscles you're targeting: delts, traps, triceps, and serratus.”

    The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci

  • “After including pressouts for several sessions, you'll become intimately familiar with the location and function of your serratus anterior muscles.”

    The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci

  • “Q And the serratus anterior nerve that-- or the nerves that go to it, where do they come from?”

    April 2008

  • “~ Exercise of the Week: The Serratus Crunch -- You multitaskers out there will love this movement as it allows you to work the rectus abdominis, the obliques, and the serratus at the same time.”

    Speedlinking 8/24/07

  • “Useful against bean bruchids as well as against the groundnut seed beetle Caryedon serratus.”

    4. Farm and village level storage

  • “Professor J.R. Blake records from this pit the following fossils {93a}: — Belemnites nitidus, Ammonites serratus, R.ssoa mosensis,”

    Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter

  • “This rotation is seen while the arm is being raised from the horizontal to the vertical position, and is effected by the cooperation of the trapezius with the serratus magnus muscles.”

    A Practical Physiology

  • “The inner side is formed by the serratus magnus muscle, M, Plate 12, on the side of the thorax; the external side is formed by the scapular and humeral insertion of the subscapular muscle, the humerus and coraco-brachialis muscle; and the posterior side is formed by the latissimus dorsi, the teres and body of the subscapular muscle.”

    Surgical Anatomy

  • “When we raise the arms from the side and percuss the thorax between the folds of the axillae, where the serratus magnus muscle alone intervenes between the ribs and the skin, the pulmonic sound will answer clearly.”

    Surgical Anatomy

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