rhomboid_muscle (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *rhomboid muscle*:
NOUN	body	rhomboid muscle, rhomboid	any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade

English > *rhomboid muscle*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade.
Synonym	rhomboid
Narrower	rhomboid minor muscle, lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus minor	rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward
Narrower	rhomboideus major muscle, greater rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major	rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column
Broader	skeletal muscle, striated muscle	A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Spanish	músculo romboide

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