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levatores costarum

levatores costarum is the plural of levator costae.

Meaning of levator costae

Noun

levator costae (plural levatores costarum)

  1. One of the small deep muscles connecting the ribs to the vertebrae of the posterior spine, that are used to elevate the ribs.
    • The Levatores costarum (fig. 572), twelve in number on each side, are strong bundles which arise from the ends of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper eleven thoracic vertebræ;1958, Henry Gray, Thomas Baillie Johnston, David Vaughan Davies, Anatomy, Descriptive and, page 584

Questions about levatores costarum

What is levatores costarum the plural of?
Levatores costarum is the plural of levator costae.

Words near levatores costarum in the dictionary

  1. levator veli palatini
  2. levatores
  3. levatores angulorum oris
  4. levatores angulorum orum
  5. levatores ani
  6. levatores costarum
  7. levatores labii superioris
  8. levatores labii superioris alarumque nasi
  9. levatores labiorum
  10. levatores labiorums
  11. levatores palpebrarum superiorum

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