rhomboid

Introduction

One of the 2 rhomboid muscles

• rhomboid major
• rhomboid minor

For both:

Action

draws scapula toward vertebral column & slightly upward

Innervation

dorsal nerve of scapula

More general terms

• skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)

More specific terms

• rhomboid major (greater rhomboid)
• rhomboid minor (lesser rhomboid)