"accessory muscles" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to particular muscles which aid or supplement the action of other muscles, often referred to as synergists. For example, "The rear deltoid and the trapezius are accessory muscles that help the shoulder flex."
"It was only a peacekeeping mission, but you do get this incredible definition with the accessory muscles".
Evacuation is aided by voluntary contraction of a wide range of accessory muscles.
Eligible participants enrolled in this open-label, cluster, crossover trial were children aged from 1 month to 5 years with a respiratory rate of more than 50 breaths per min in children 1 12 months old, or more than 40 breaths per min in children older than 12 months, and use of accessory muscles or nasal flaring.
The results showed that the defining characteristics that better differentiate the studied diagnoses are agitation, irritability and diaphoresis for IGE; dyspnea, use of accessory muscles to breathe, orthopnea, and abnormal breathing pattern for IBP and excessive sputum, absence of cough, difficulty verbalizing, nasal flaring, and adventitious breath sounds for IAC.
Accessory muscles are congenital anatomical variants that may clinically simulate lesions with mass effect.
Accessory muscles are isointense to muscles on all MR pulse sequences.
They may have an increased respiratory rate with accessory muscle use if an acute asthma attack is present.
Progression through each ACA phase occurred based on assessments of oxygenation, air exchange, wheezing, accessory muscle use, and respiratory rate performed at prescribed intervals.
An accessory muscle may mimic a leiomyoma [2, 3].
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Accessory muscle.
Sudden death may occur in Ebstein's anomaly due to ventricular pre-excitation caused by accessory muscle pathways.
