Innermost intercostal muscle
| Innermost intercostal muscle | |
|---|---|
 Innermost intercostal muscle (red), seen from back. | |
| Details | |
| Latin | musculus intercostalis intimus |
| Superior border of each rib | |
| Inferior border of the preceding rib | |
| intercostal arteries | |
| intercostal nerves | |
| Actions | Through adduction of upper ribs to the lower ribs the muscles narrow intercostal slits and diminish thorax volume, therefore the muscles represent expiratory muscles. |
| Identifiers | |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | m_22/12549384 |
| TA | A04.4.01.014 |
| FMA | 74086 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The innermost intercostal muscle is a layer of intercostal muscles deep to the plane that contains the intercostal nerves and intercostal vessels and the internal intercostal muscles. These are divided into:
- transversus thoracis anteriorly
- lateral muscle slips laterally (which cross a single intercostal space)
- subcostalis posteriorly (which often cross more than one intercostal space)
Additional images
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Innermost intercostal muscle (shown in red). Animation.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Innermost intercostal muscles. |
- innermost+intercostal+muscle at eMedicine Dictionary
- Anatomy photo:18:04-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Thoracic Wall: The Intercostal Nerve and Vessels"
- Anatomy figure: 18:03-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Transverse section of thorax."
- -301596595 at GPnotebook
- thoraxmuscles at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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