Rhomboid major muscle
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The rhomboid major muscle is a muscle found in the shoulder girdle.
Summary
- origin: spinous processes of T2-T5 vertebrae
- insertion: medial border of scapula from spine to inferior angle
- innervation: dorsal scapular nerve C4, C5
- arterial supply: dorsal scapular artery
- action: adducts (retracts) and internally rotates scapula to depress glenoid cavity and fix scapula to thoracic wall
-<strong>arterial supply</strong>: <a title="Dorsal scapular artery" href="/articles/dorsal-scapular-artery">dorsal scapular artery</a>- +<strong>arterial supply</strong>: <a href="/articles/dorsal-scapular-artery">dorsal scapular artery</a>
References changed:
- 1. Susan Standring. Gray's Anatomy. <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9780702052309">ISBN: 9780702052309</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 1. Standrin S, & Gray, H, Gray's anatomy: The anatomical basis of clinical practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier (2008) ISBN: 9780702052309
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