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Noun: intercostal muscle
  1. Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration
    "The intercostal muscles expand and contract the rib cage during breathing";
    - intercostal, musculus intercostalis

Derived forms: intercostal muscles

Type of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Encyclopedia: Intercostal muscle