TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trapezius muscle mean? 

• TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms

  Familiarity information: TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cowl muscle; musculus trapezius; trapezius; trapezius muscle

Hypernyms ("trapezius 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)

 Context examples 

A lymph node located in the back of the head adjacent to the trapezius muscle.

(Occipital Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)