Subcostal muscle
| Subcostal muscle |
|---|
| origin |
| Inside of the lowest ribs near their angles |
| approach |
| Upper ribs 2–3 below |
| function |
| Tension of the ribs, expiration |
| Innervation |
| Nn. intercostales |
| Spinal segments |
| Th1-Th11 |
The subcostal muscles ( Latin for "lower rib muscles"; singular subcostal muscles ) are a group of skeletal muscles of the wall of the thorax . They arise on the upper edge of the lower ribs between the rib cusps ( tuberculum costae ) and rib angles ( angulus costae ) and start on the back of the next but one higher rib.
Their fibers run in the same direction as the fibers of the internal intercostal muscle .
function
The subcostal muscles tense the ribs and have an expiratory effect.
See also
literature
- Theodor H. Schiebler, Horst-W. Korf: Anatomy: histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic anatomy, topography . 10th edition. Springer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7985-1770-7 , p. 262.