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Definition of Teres muscle
1. Noun. Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms.
Exact synonyms: Teres
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Shoulder
Specialized synonyms: Musculus Teres Major, Teres Major, Teres Major Muscle, Musculus Teres Minor, Teres Minor, Teres Minor Muscle
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Shoulder
Specialized synonyms: Musculus Teres Major, Teres Major, Teres Major Muscle, Musculus Teres Minor, Teres Minor, Teres Minor Muscle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teres Muscle
Literary usage of Teres muscle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The muscle then winds outward, forward, and upward round the lower part of the
greater teres muscle, and in front of this ascends to its insertion. ..."
2. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1854)
"We not unfrequently meet with the pronator teres muscle arising a little higher
than usual above the internal condyle, but without much altering the ..."
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