Superficial Back Muscles
"Superficial Back Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The top layer of the back muscles whose function is to move the SCAPULA. This group of muscles consists of the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor and levator scapulae.
| Descriptor ID |
D064171
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.175.875
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| Concept/Terms |
Superficial Back Muscles- Superficial Back Muscles
- Back Muscle, Superficial
- Back Muscles, Superficial
- Muscle, Superficial Back
- Muscles, Superficial Back
- Superficial Back Muscle
Trapezius- Trapezius
- Trapezius Muscle
- Muscle, Trapezius
- Muscles, Trapezius
- Trapezius Muscles
Latissimus Dorsi- Latissimus Dorsi
- Dorsi, Latissimus
- Dorsus, Latissimus
- Latissimus Dorsus
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