scalene muscle

English Thesaurus

1. any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib; involved in moving the neck and in breathing (noun.body)

hypernym	:	skeletal muscle, striated muscle,
definition	:	a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes (noun.body)