widest and most powerful muscle of the back. It is a large, flat, triangular muscle covering the lower back. It arises from the lower half of the ... [1 related articles]
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A large, flat, triangular muscle in the back that is overlapped by the trapezius above. The fibers of the latissimus dorsi arise from the spines of the lower six thoracic (chest) vertebrae and from the back of the pelvis, via a dense sheet of fascia; they converge on a small tendon that is attached ...
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<anatomy, muscle> Origin, spinous processes of lower five or six thoracic and the lumbar vertebrae, median ridge of sacrum, and outer lip of iliac crest; insertion, with teres major into posterior lip of bicipital groove of humerus; action, adducts arm, rotates it medially, and extends it; nerve supply, thoracodorsal. ... Synonym: musculus la...
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(muscle) Type: Term Definitions: 1. thoracoappendicular muscle (superficial muscle of back); origin, spinous processes of lower five or six thoracic and the lumbar vertebrae, median ridge of sacrum, and outer lip of iliac crest; insertion, with teres major into posterior lip of bicipital groove of humerus; action, adducts arm, ro...
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The latissimus dorsi is a wide, flat triangular muscle located on the lower half of the back. It is the broadest of the back muscles. It originates along the lumbar and lower half of the thoracic vertebrae and the iliac crest and sacrum far below. The muscle fibres at its tip insert under the scapula and join to the humerus in the shoulder. The lat...
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latissimus dorsi The widest muscle of the back.
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latissimus, the widest; dorsi, of the back.
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A muscle in the back. This muscle can be used in a type of breast reconstruction.
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