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Structure of intercostal muscle

Known as: Musculus intercostalis, Respiratory Muscles, intercostals muscle 
Respiratory muscles that arise from the lower border of one rib and insert into the upper border of the adjoining rib, and contract during… 
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Narrower (3)

Intercostales intimiStructure of external intercostal muscleStructure of internal intercostal muscle

Broader (2)

Respiratory MusclesSkeletal muscle structure of thorax

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Monitoring of the respiratory muscles in the critically ill.
Evidence has accumulated that respiratory muscle dysfunction develops in critically ill patients and contributes to prolonged… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Respiratory action of the intercostal muscles.
The mechanical advantages of the external and internal intercostals depend partly on the orientation of the muscle but mostly on… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Very severe spinal muscular atrophy (SMA type 0): an expanding clinical phenotype.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Activity of respiratory pump and upper airway muscles during sleep onset.
Ventilation decreases at sleep onset. This change is initiated abruptly at alpha-theta electroencephalographic transitions. The… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Role of excitatory amino acids in the generation and transmission of respiratory drive in neonatal rat.
1. The involvement of excitatory amino acids in the generation and transmission of rhythmic respiratory drive was studied in an… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Projection of low-threshold afferents from human intercostal muscles to the cerebral cortex.
Review
1988
Review
1988
Functional anatomy of the respiratory muscles.
To keep arterial blood gases within acceptable limits, air must be moved rhythmically in and out of the lungs. Such a… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Development of neuromuscular junctions in rat embryos.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Mechanics of the rib cage and diaphragm during sleep.
The pattern of motion of the rib cage and abdomen/diaphragm was studied in three normal subjects during sleep. Sleep state was… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Short‐term synchronization of intercostal motoneurone activity.
1. The hypothesis is advanced that the joint occurrence of unitary excitatory post‐synaptic potentials e.p.s.p.s) evoked in… 
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