Usually means: Neck muscle, moves head laterally.
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  1. scalene muscle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. scalene muscle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. scalene muscle: Vocabulary.com
  4. scalene muscle: Wiktionary
  5. scalene muscle: Dictionary.com
  6. scalene muscle: Rhymezone
  7. scalene muscle: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. scalene muscle: Encyclopedia

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  1. scalene muscle: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. scalene muscle: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scalene muscle)

noun:  (anatomy) Any of usually three deeply situated muscles on each side of the neck of which each extends from the transverse processes of two or more cervical vertebrae to the first or second rib.

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