Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, one of several muscles of the thorax: so named because they arise by a series of digitations from successive ribs, and are thus serrate.
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- noun anatomy Any of several
muscles of thevertebral orcostal region that produce aserrated border
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- noun any of several muscles of the trunk
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Examples
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Q And the serratus anterior nerve that -- or the nerves that go to it, where do they come from?
Funny stuff 2008
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That's in addition to the muscles you're targeting: delts, traps, triceps, and serratus.
The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci William Harryman 2009
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After including pressouts for several sessions, you'll become intimately familiar with the location and function of your serratus anterior muscles.
The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci William Harryman 2009
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Q And the serratus anterior nerve that-- or the nerves that go to it, where do they come from?
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Q And the serratus anterior nerve that-- or the nerves that go to it, where do they come from?
April 2008 2008
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~ Exercise of the Week: The Serratus Crunch -- You multitaskers out there will love this movement as it allows you to work the rectus abdominis, the obliques, and the serratus at the same time.
Speedlinking 8/24/07 William Harryman 2007
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Useful against bean bruchids as well as against the groundnut seed beetle Caryedon serratus.
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Professor J.R. Blake records from this pit the following fossils {93a}: — Belemnites nitidus, Ammonites serratus, R.ssoa mosensis,
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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This rotation is seen while the arm is being raised from the horizontal to the vertical position, and is effected by the cooperation of the trapezius with the serratus magnus muscles.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The inner side is formed by the serratus magnus muscle, M, Plate 12, on the side of the thorax; the external side is formed by the scapular and humeral insertion of the subscapular muscle, the humerus and coraco-brachialis muscle; and the posterior side is formed by the latissimus dorsi, the teres and body of the subscapular muscle.
Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise
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