Muscular system
Rhomboid major muscle
Musculus rhomboideus major
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Trunk, Back
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Hypaxial muscles of back
DescriptionUnreviewed
The rhomboid major is a skeletal muscle on the back that connects the scapula with the vertebrae of the spinal column.
In human anatomy, it acts together with the rhomboid minor to keep the scapula pressed against thoracic wall and to retract the scapula toward the vertebral column.
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Muscle attachments
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Musculus rhomboideus major
- English
- Rhomboid major muscle
- French
- Muscle grand rhomboïde
- Spanish
- Músculo romboides mayor
- Portuguese
- Músculo rombóide principal