Teres minor
Musculus teres minor
MuscularDeep musclesThoraxLeft and right
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- What it is
- Narrow rotator-cuff muscle from the upper two-thirds of the lateral border of the scapula to the lowest facet of the greater tubercle of the humerus.
- Function
- Laterally rotates the arm and holds the humeral head in place.
- Size
- About 10 cm long and 2 cm wide.
- Clinical note
- Unlike the other posterior cuff muscles it is supplied by the axillary nerve.