intercostal muscle in a sentence

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1. The lack of Sharpey's fibers on the anterior side of the ribs of " Eunotosaurus " suggests that it lacked functional intercostal muscles.
2. FCKS is most frequently caused by collapsed lungs ( and not as formerly believed, by a muscle spasm in the intercostal muscles ).
3. When exhaling, the internal intercostal muscles push the ribs inward, while the rectus abdominis pulls the hips and liver forwards and the belly inward.
4. Results of Wednesday night's MRI confirmed the initial diagnosis, a torn intercostal muscle, which is located in the upper ribcage below his right armpit.
5. This happens due to elastic properties of the lungs, as well as the internal intercostal muscles which lower the rib cage and decrease thoracic volume.
6. It may be accompanied by paradoxical respiration  the intercostal muscles are paralysed and the chest is drawn passively in and out by the diaphragm.
7. The   costal pleura  lines the inner surfaces of the ribs and the intercostal muscles and are separated from them by endothoracic fascia.
8. During eupnea, neural output to respiratory muscles is highly regular, with rhythmic bursts of activity during inspiration only to the diaphragm and external intercostal muscles.
9. However, analysis of the transitional fossil, " Eunotosaurus africanus " shows that early ancestors of turtles lost that intercostal muscle usually found between the ribs.
10. The external intercostal muscles are used only to enlarge the chest cavity, whilst the counterplay between the diaphragm and abdominal muscles is trained to control airflow.