The serratus dorsalis superior is a thin, quadrilateral muscle, situated at the upper and back part of the thorax. It arises by a thin and broad aponeurosis from the lower part of the ligamentum nuchae, from the spinous processes of the seventh cervical and upper two or three thoracic vertebræ and from the supraspinal ligament. Inclining downward and lateralward it becomes muscular, and is inserted, by four fleshy digitations, into the upper borders of the second, third, fourth, and fifth ribs, a little beyond their angles. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratus_posterior_superior_muscle ]
Synonyms: serratus posterior superior serratus dorsalis cranialis muscle serratus dorsalis cranialis superior serratus posterior superior serratus dorsalis
Term information
- Wikipedia:Serratus_posterior_superior_muscle
- SCTID:244935007
- FMA:13401
- NCIT:C53012
- EMAPA:37698 (MA:th)
- MA:0002377
- UMLS:C1710058 (ncithesaurus:Serratus_Dorsalis_Cranialis)
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Term relations
- thoracic segment muscle
- serratus dorsalis muscle
- has muscle insertion some rib
- has muscle origin some neural spine
- part of some thoracic segment of trunk
- innervated_by some intercostal nerve
- has muscle origin some nuchal ligament