Definition of scalene. Meaning of scalene. Synonyms of scalene

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Definition of scalene

Scalene
Scalene Sca*lene", a. [L. scalenus, Gr. ?: cf. F. scal[`e]ne.] 1. (Geom.) (a) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle. (b) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone. 2. (Anat.) (a) Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles. (b) Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles. Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebr[ae] to the first and second ribs.
Scalene
Scalene Sca*lene", n. (Geom.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

Meaning of scalene from wikipedia

- The scalene muscles are a group of three muscles on each side of the neck, identified as the anterior, the middle, and the posterior. They are innervated...
- scalene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scalene may refer to: A scalene triangle, one in which all sides and angles are not the same. A scalene ellipsoid...
- equal, an isosceles that which has two of its sides alone equal, and a scalene that which has its three sides unequal.' An equilateral triangle (Gr****:...
- The scalene tubercle is a small projection that runs along the medial border of the first rib between two grooves, which travel anteriorly for the subclavian...
- believed that 95 percent of patients with TOS had nerve compression in the scalene area, but in the twenty-first century it is now recognized that the majority...
- ridge prolonged internally into a tubercle, the scalene tubercle, for the attachment of the anterior scalene; the anterior groove transmits the subclavian...
- (1966). Scalene and sternomastoid muscle function. Journal of Applied Physiology, 21, 497-502. Campbell, E. J. M. (1955). The role of the scalene and sternomastoid...
- respiration where the sternocleidomastoid and the scalene muscles (anterior, middle and posterior scalene) are typically considered accessory muscles of...
- anterior scalene. Thus, the subclavian vein lies anterior to the anterior scalene while the subclavian artery lies posterior to the anterior scalene (and...
- rebellion, Scalene is incarcerated at Howler's Peak Goblin Correctional Facility. In the fourth book, Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, Scalene has a minor...