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Descriptor English: Intercostal Muscles
Descriptor Spanish: Músculos Intercostales
Descriptor músculos intercostales
Scope note: Músculos respiratorios que nacen en el borde inferior de una costilla y se insertan en el borde superior de la costilla adyacente, y que se contraen durante la respiración. (Traducción libre del original: Stedman, 25th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Músculos Intercostais
Descriptor French: Muscles intercostaux
Entry term(s): Intercostal Muscle
Muscle, Intercostal
Muscles, Intercostal
Tree number(s): A02.633.567.900.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007366
Scope note: Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Annotation: /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 22524
Unique ID: D007366
NLM Classification: WE 715
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Intercostal Muscles - Preferred
Concept UI M0011485
Scope note Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during inspiration or respiration. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Preferred term Intercostal Muscles
Entry term(s) Intercostal Muscle
Muscle, Intercostal
Muscles, Intercostal



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