Meaning of levator costae | Babel Free

Definitions

One of the small deep muscles connecting the ribs to the vertebrae of the posterior spine, that are used to elevate the ribs.

Examples

“The Levatores costarum (fig. 572), twelve in number on each side, are strong bundles which arise from the ends of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper eleven thoracic vertebræ;”

“Finally, levator costae and levatores costarum originate at the transverse processes of each vertebrae and, running obliquely downward and outward, attach to the ribs below. Levator costae is a single muscle; levatores costarum, found at the lower thoracic vertebrae, is comprised of a short and a long muscle, the shorter one attaching to the rib below, and the longer attaching two ribs below its origin.”

“The levatores costarum are small and very deep muscles on the posterior trunk. tells us that these muscles elevate the ribs.”

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