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Old 08-12-2011, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mspennyloafer View Post
he said something like no muscle can counteract the scalene pulling the ribs up but does serratus anterior do that
I'm not an anatomy expert, but when I read the description at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratus_anterior_muscle

It does not sound like those muscles can pull the ribs in an upward vertical direction. I also don't get the impression they could when I look at google image search results.
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