Tuberosity for serratus anterior muscle
Tuberositas musculi serrati anterioris
- Related terms: Tuberosity for serratus anterior
Definition
The tuberosity for serratus anterior is near the middle of the external surface of the body of second rib. It is a rough eminence for the origin of the lower part of the first and the whole of the second digitation of the Serratus anterior; behind and above this is attached the Scalenus posterior.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
