External intercostal membrane

External intercostal membrane
Details
Identifiers
Latin membrana intercostalis externa
TA A03.3.01.002
FMA 10475

Anatomical terminology

Unlike the other two intercostal muscles, the external intercostal muscle does not retain its muscular character all the way to the sternum, and so the tissue in this location is called the external intercostal membrane.

See also

Aponeuroses

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