Muscle group · Chest
Intercostals
Musculi intercostales
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
The short muscles filling the spaces between adjacent ribs, running in two opposing layers, which move the ribs in breathing and hold the chest wall firm so it neither collapses nor balloons as pressure changes.
Also known as
- intercostal muscles
- muscles between the ribs
- rib muscles