trapezius

trapezius [truh-pee-zee-uh s] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural tra·pe·zi·us·es. Anatomy.

1. a broad, flat muscle on each side of the upper and back part of the neck, shoulders, and back, the action of which raises, or rotates, or draws back the shoulders, and pulls the head backward or to one side.

Origin of trapezius 1685–95; New Latin, short for trapezius musculus trapeziform muscle Examples from the Web for trapezius Contemporary Examples of trapezius

The bullet tore through my voice box and larynx before lodging itself in my trapezius.

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Simran Jeet Singh

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Also, he lifted weights with his teeth to bulk up his neck and trapezius muscles.

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Marlow Stern

September 17, 2011

Historical Examples of trapezius

Bradford inserts a portion of the trapezius into the humeral insertion of the deltoid.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition.

Alexander Miles

In time other muscles compensate in part for the loss of the trapezius.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition.

Alexander Miles

The next muscles to become stiff and painful are those of the neck, especially the sterno-mastoid and trapezius.

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Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

A not infrequent accompaniment is a shrug of one or both shoulders, due to synergic contraction of the trapezius.

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British Dictionary definitions for trapezius trapezius noun plural -uses

1. either of two flat triangular muscles, one covering each side of the back and shoulders, that rotate the shoulder blades

Word Origin for trapezius C18: from New Latin trapezius (musculus) trapezium-shaped (muscle) Word Origin and History for trapezius n.

1704, from Modern Latin trapezius (musculus), masc. adjective from trapezium (see trapezium).