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    SERRATUS MUSCLES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several muscles of the trunkplay

    Synonyms:

    serratus; serratus muscles

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("serratus muscles" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serratus muscles"):

    anterior serratus muscle; musculus serratus anterior; serratus anterior; serratus magnus (muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage)

    musculus serratus posterior; posterior serratus muscle; serratus posterior (skeletal muscle that draws the rib cage backward and downward)

    Holonyms ("serratus muscles" is a part of...):

    body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

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