Muscular system
Infraspinatus muscle
Musculus infraspinatus
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Trunk, Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Rotator cuff muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, the infraspinatus muscle is a thick triangular muscle, which occupies the chief part of the infraspinatous fossa.
As one of the four muscles of the rotator cuff, the main function of the infraspinatus is to externally rotate the humerus and stabilize the shoulder joint.
Continue reading on Wikipedia →
Source: Wikipedia · Text licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · This text comes from the source data and has not been reviewed by a person yet.
Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Musculus infraspinatus
- English
- Infraspinatus muscle
- French
- Muscle infra-épineux
- Spanish
- Músculo infraespinoso
- Portuguese
- Músculo infraespinhal