Other Names
- Back (Middle)
Heads
- Rhomboids Minor
- Rhomboids Major
Movement
- Adduction [1, 2]
- Downward Rotation [1, 2]
Attachments
- Spine
- Ligamentum Nuchae [1]
- Cervical Vertebrae (C7) [1]
- Spinous Processes
- Thoracic Vertebrae
- Spinous Processes
- T1 [1]
- T2-T5 [2]
- Spinous Processes
- Scapula
- Medial Border (Below spine)
- Superior [1]
- Inferior [2]
- Medial Border (Below spine)
Related Muscles
Comments
The Rhomboids holds the scapula against the thoracic wall.