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External intercostal muscles: Structure, Variations & Additional images

The external intercostal muscles or external intercostals (intercostales externi) are eleven in number on both sides.

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External intercostal muscles topic overview

The analysis highlights Structure, Variations and Additional images as prominent areas in the source structure around External intercostal muscles.

Related topics
9
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
12
Extracted relationships
16
Related term clusters
10
Bridge connections
12

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Structure · 6 topics
Variations · 2 topics
Additional images · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
Inhalation
Antagonist
Intercostales interni muscles
Artery
Intercostal arteries
FMA
74084
Insertion
Upper border of rib below
Latin
musculi intercostales externi

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Structure

Variations

Additional images

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How External intercostal muscles connects Entity context

The extracted context around External intercostal muscles shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, External intercostal muscles → Animation, Deep, Diagram, Inferior, Intercostalis, Position Another extracted example is External intercostal muscles → Inhalation. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

External intercostal muscles

Top relations

related to Additional images · 6
External intercostal muscles → Animation, Deep, Diagram, Inferior, Intercostalis, Position
Actions · 1
External intercostal muscles → Inhalation
Antagonist · 1
External intercostal muscles → Intercostales interni muscles
Artery · 1
External intercostal muscles → Intercostal arteries
FMA · 1
External intercostal muscles → 74084
Insertion · 1
External intercostal muscles → Upper border of rib below
Latin · 1
External intercostal muscles → musculi intercostales externi
Nerve · 1
External intercostal muscles → Intercostal nerves
Origin · 1
External intercostal muscles → Lower border of ribs
TA2 · 1
External intercostal muscles → 2311

Important terminology

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Important terminology

muscles intercostal external ribs rib inhalation lower upper intercostales externi front intercostals position shown red back border nerve muscle extend

External intercostal muscles relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around External intercostal muscles. Examples in this analysis include External intercostal muscles → Actions → Inhalation and External intercostal muscles → Antagonist → Intercostales interni muscles. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
External intercostal musclesActionsInhalation1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesAntagonistIntercostales interni muscles1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesArteryIntercostal arteries1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesFMA740841.00infobox
External intercostal musclesInsertionUpper border of rib below1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesLatinmusculi intercostales externi1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesNerveIntercostal nerves1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesOriginLower border of ribs1.00infobox
External intercostal musclesTA223111.00infobox
External intercostal musclesTA98A04.4.01.0121.00infobox
External intercostal musclesrelated to Additional imagesPosition0.60section
External intercostal musclesrelated to Additional imagesAnimation0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around External intercostal muscles bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Intercostal, Muscles and End. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • External intercostal muscles
    • Intercostal
    • Muscles
    • End
    • Externi
    • Intercostales
    • Muscle
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Chest
    • Ribs
    • Front
  • external intercostal muscles
    • Intercostal
    • Muscles
    • End
    • Externi
    • Intercostales
    • Muscle
    • Nerve
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Chest
    • Ribs
  • external intercostal membranes
    • Intercostal
    • Muscles
    • End
    • Externi
    • Intercostales
    • Muscle
    • Nerve
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Ribs
    • Rib
  • internal intercostal muscles
    • Muscles
    • Chest
    • Externi
    • Intercostales
    • Nerve
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Front
    • Inhalation
    • Rib
    • Additional
  • external oblique
    • Intercostal
    • Muscles
    • End
    • Externi
    • Intercostales
    • Muscle
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Ribs
    • Rib
    • Additional
  • inhalation
    • Cartilages
    • End
    • Extend
    • Forward
    • Intercostales
    • Muscle
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Occurs
    • Front
    • Lower
    • Ribs
  • variations
    • Additional
    • Also
    • Images
    • References
    • See
    • Structure
    • Back
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • External
    • Intercostal
  • additional images
    • Also
    • Images
    • References
    • See
    • Structure
    • Variations
    • Back
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • External
    • Intercostal

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For External intercostal muscles, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects External intercostal muscles with Structure. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
External intercostal muscles — Structure · splits 6 ⟂ 7
External intercostal muscles — Variations · splits 10 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

External intercostal muscles

Nodes13
Edges12
Triples16
Avg. degree1.85
Density0.153846
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around External intercostal muscles to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Structure, Variations & Additional images, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — External intercostal muscles · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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