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TERES MUSCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and arms
Synonyms:
teres; teres muscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("teres muscle" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teres muscle"):
musculus teres major; teres major; teres major muscle (teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially)
musculus teres minor; teres minor; teres minor muscle (teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally)
Holonyms ("teres muscle" is a part of...):
shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)