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Left rhomboid major

Musculus rhomboideus major sinister · Levý velký sval rombický

Muscles

Looks like

A flat four-sided muscle between the spine and the shoulder blade, from the 2nd–5th chest vertebrae to the inner edge of the shoulder blade.

What it does

Pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and holds it against the chest wall.

Keeping it well

Commonly sore with desk work; rowing exercises and posture breaks help. Powered by the dorsal scapular nerve.

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