Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, an intercostal; one of the intercostal muscles.
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- noun anatomy An
intercostal muscle .
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Examples
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The right vein (v. intercostalis suprema dextra) passes downward and opens into the vena azygos; the left vein (v. intercostalis suprema sinistra) runs across the arch of the aorta and the origins of the left subclavian and left common carotid arteries and opens into the left innominate vein.
VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax 1918
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The highest intercostal vein (v. intercostalis suprema; superior intercostal veins) (right and left) drain the blood from the upper three or four intercostal spaces.
VII. The Veins. 3c. The Veins of the Upper Extremity and Thorax 1918
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During the expiratory groaning sounds, neither the diaphragm nor the intercostalis EMG were active and endoesophageal pressure, monitored in all patients, showed a slight initial positive rise subsequently returning to values around 0 cm H2O.
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