Intercostal is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INTERCOSTAL in dictionary:

NOUN:
• an intercostal muscle
• a muscle situated between the ribs.
• muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
ADJECTIVE:
• situated between the ribs
• Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.
• located or occurring between the ribs
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• situated or extending between the ribs

Words related to INTERCOSTAL

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Words that contain INTERCOSTAL

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How to use INTERCOSTAL in a sentence

• The principal muscles of inspiration are the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles that elevate the ribs.
• The chief muscles of expiration are the four sets of abdominal muscles and the intercostal muscles that depress the ribs.
• INSPIRATION The intercostal muscles raise the ribs.
• EXPIRATION The intercostal, and a part of the abdominal, muscles depress the ribs and lessen the chest cavity anteriorly and laterally.
• An unfavorable message may reach the diaphragm or intercostal muscles, and render breathing shallow, irregular, or, in the worst cases, almost gasping.
• The motor power lies in the diaphragm and in the abdominal and intercostal muscles.

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