rhomboid minor (lesser rhomboid)

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Origin

spinous processes C5 & C6

Insertion

medial margin scapula above spine

Action

draws scapula toward vertebral column & slightly upward

Innervation

dorsal nerve of scapula

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995