Muscles / Back
Rhomboid major
- Back
- Shoulder & scapula
- Intermediate layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Spinous processes of T2-T5
- Insertion
- Medial border of the scapula from the level of the spine to the inferior angle
- Nerve
- Dorsal scapular nerve (C4-C5)
Actions
- Retracts the scapula
- Downwardly rotates the scapula
- Fixes the scapula to the thoracic wall
Exercises that train it most
Also trained by
Prone horizontal abduction with external rotation ("T")
Standing band back fly
Inverted body row
Lat pull-down
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e