(n) any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing, Syn.scalene muscle, musculus scalenus
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ L. scalenus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. scalène. ] 1. (Geom.) (a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. (b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anat.) (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first and second ribs. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ふとうへんさんかっけい;ふとうへんさんかくけい, futouhensankakkei ; futouhensankakukei] (n) scalene (triangle); triangle having three sides of different lengths; inequilateral triangle [Add to Longdo]
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