The _________________________ muscles are posterior thoracic muscles of inspiration that elevate the rib cage. Each portion originates on a transverse process of a vertebra (from C7 through T11), for a total of 12 muscles. Fibers course obliquely down and out to insert into the tubercle of the rib below

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


levator costarum brevis

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