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Definition of Musculus teres major

1. Noun. Teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially.

Medical Definition of Musculus teres major

1. Origin, inferior angle and lower third of border of scapula; insertion, medial border of intertubercular groove of humerus; action, adducts and extends arm and rotates it medially; nerve supply, lower subscapular from posterior cord of brachial plexus (fifth and sixth cervical spinal nerves). Synonym: musculus teres major. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musculus Teres Major

Literary usage of Musculus teres major

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1861)
"If in one place the author says round ligament for ligamentum teres, why not, in another, translate musculus teres major into greater round muscle. ..."

2. Grundriss der Anatomie des Menschen by Adolf Pansch (1881)
"... musculus teres major, der sich fr« /wischen dem untern Winkel der Scapula und dem Humerus ausspannt. Die oberflächliche Schicht wird durch einen ..."

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