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thoracoappendicular muscles

extrinsic muscles of the upper limb, attached proximally to the thoracic skeleton (ribs and spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae) and distally to the appendicular skeleton of the upper limb. See: superior axioappendicular muscles.

Synonym(s): musculi thoracoappendiculares

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