Definition of Musculus teres major

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

Exact synonyms: Teres Major, Teres Major Muscle
Generic synonyms: Teres, Teres Muscle

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

musculus supinator radii brevis
musculus supraclavicularis
musculus supraspinalis
musculus supraspinatus
musculus suspensorius duodeni
musculus tarsalis inferior
musculus tarsalis superior
musculus temporalis
musculus temporoparietalis
musculus tensor fasciae femoris
musculus tensor fasciae latae
musculus tensor palati
musculus tensor tarsi
musculus tensor tympani
musculus tensor veli palatini
musculus teres major (current term)
musculus teres minor
musculus tetragonus
musculus thyroarytenoideus
musculus thyroarytenoideus externus
musculus thyroarytenoideus internus
musculus thyroepiglotticus
musculus thyrohyoideus
musculus thyropharyngeus
musculus tibialis
musculus tibialis anterior
musculus tibialis anticus
musculus tibialis gracilis
musculus tibialis posterior
musculus tibialis posticus

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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