FNS-Harmony

Last uploaded: November 2, 2023
Preferred Name

scalenus posterior

Synonyms
Definitions

The Scalenus posterior (Scalenus posticus), the smallest and most deeply seated of the three Scaleni, arises, by two or three separate tendons, from the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the lower two or three cervical vertebræ, and is inserted by a thin tendon into the outer surface of the second rib, behind the attachment of the serratus ventralis. It is occasionally blended with the Scalenus medius. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001123

definition

The Scalenus posterior (Scalenus posticus), the smallest and most deeply seated of the three Scaleni, arises, by two or three separate tendons, from the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the lower two or three cervical vertebræ, and is inserted by a thin tendon into the outer surface of the second rib, behind the attachment of the serratus ventralis. It is occasionally blended with the Scalenus medius. [WP,unvetted].

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label

scalenus posterior

prefixIRI

UBERON:0001123

prefLabel

scalenus posterior

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002377

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