Espiral Atlas
MuscleUpper limb

Rhomboid major muscle

musculus rhomboideus major

Retracts the scapula and, by rotating it, lowers the glenoid cavity; fixes the scapula to the thoracic wall.

Upper limb – 3D human anatomy atlas

In the full entry

The full entry, with every field, sources, quiz and clinical correlations, is in the atlas.

  • Origin
  • Insertion
  • Innervation
  • Blood supply

Related clinical cases

  • Injury to the dorsal scapular nerve

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