Muscular system
Internal intercostal muscles
Musculi intercostales interni
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Muscles of thorax
DescriptionUnreviewed
The internal intercostal muscles (intercostales interni) are a group of skeletal muscles located between the ribs.
They are eleven in number on either side.
They commence anteriorly at the sternum, in the intercostal spaces between the cartilages of the true ribs, and at the anterior extremities of the cartilages of the false ribs, and extend backward as far as the angles of the ribs, hence they are continued to the vertebral column by thin aponeuroses, the posterior intercostal membranes.They pull the sternum and ribs upward and inward.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculi intercostales interni
- English
- Internal intercostal muscles
- French
- Muscles intercostaux internes
- Spanish
- Músculos intercostales internos
- Portuguese
- Músculos intercostais internos