Minor teres

Teres minor muscle

SHORT DESCRIPTION

• It is a band-like muscle, elongated scalloping (va making an "S"). It gets its name because the visible part gives a rounded appearance, the rest is covered by the deltoid.

OCUPA

• Located immediately below the infraspinatus and post M. shoulder joint.

ORIGIN

• upper axillary border of the scapula (infraspinatous fossa).

INSERTION

• lower facet of the greater tubercle.

INNERVATION : Nerve Circumflex

FUNCTION

• abductor and lateral rotator arm.

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