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intercostal muscle
includes: innermost intercostal muscle internal intercostal muscle external intercostal muscle
Function:
- respiratory accessory muscles
Pathology:
- see expiratory accessory muscle
Related
respiratory accessory muscle
Specific
external intercostal muscle
innermost intercostal muscle
intercostalis cervicis
intercostalis lumborum
intercostalis thoracis
internal intercostal muscle
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009