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MUSCULUS TRAPEZIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus trapezius mean?
• MUSCULUS TRAPEZIUS (noun)
The noun MUSCULUS TRAPEZIUS has 1 sense:
1. either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
Familiarity information: MUSCULUS TRAPEZIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
cowl muscle; musculus trapezius; trapezius; trapezius muscle
Hypernyms ("musculus trapezius" is a kind of...):
skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)
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