One of a group of muscles in the neck which bend the neck forwards and sideways, and also help expand the lungs in deep breathing.<\/p>\n
Any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib and involved in movement of the neck and in breathing movements.<\/p>\n
One of four paired muscles of the neck (scalenus anterior, medius, minimus, and posterior), extending from the cervical (neck) vertebrae to the first and second ribs. They are responsible for raising the first and second ribs in inspiration and for bending the neck forward and to either side.<\/p>\n
One
\nof three deeply situated muscles on each
\nside of the neck, extending from the tu\u00ac
\nbercles of the transverse processes of
\nthe third through sixth cervical verte\u00ac
\nbrae to the first or second rib. The three
\nmuscles are the scalenus anterior (anticus),
\nmedius, and posterior,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of a group of muscles in the neck which bend the neck forwards and sideways, and also help expand the lungs in deep breathing. Any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib and involved in movement of the neck and in breathing movements. One of four paired […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\n