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teres major

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teres major
n.
A muscle with origin from the lower third of the border of the scapula, with insertion into the medial border of the humerus, with nerve supply from the lower subscapular nerve from the fifth and the sixth cervical nerves, and whose action adducts and extends the arm and rotates it medially.
teres major,
a thick flat muscle of the shoulder. It functions to adduct, extend, and rotate the arm medially. Compare teres minor.


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