Letter S

Serratus

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One of several muscles of the back and thorax.

That have interdigitating slips that ressemble the notches on the cutting edge of a saw.

(Serrated refers to a finely notched edge.) See also: Serratus anterior; Serratus magnus; Serratus posterior inferior; Serratus posterior superior.

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