With the first ribs fixed by neck muscles (scalene muscles and sternocleidomastoid muscle), the intercostals muscles (especially external intercostal muscles and interchondral part of internal intercostal muscles of opposite side), elevate the 2nd to 12th ribs and thus act as inspiratory muscles.
Medical Dictionary. arrhythmia. play. noun arÂ·rhythÂ·mia \Ä-Ërith-mÄ-É\. Medical Definition of arrhythmia. : an alteration in rhythm of the heartbeat either in time or force.
URL of this page: //medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001101.htm. An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm. The heart can beat too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly. Normally, your heart works as a pump that brings blood to the lungs and the rest of the body.