scalene muscles

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scalene muscles - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scalene \Sca*lene"\, a. [L. scalenus, Gr. ?: cf. F. scal[`e]ne.]
     1. (Geom.)
        (a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a
            triangle.
        (b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
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     2. (Anat.)
        (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene
            muscles.
        (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.
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     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.
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