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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Internal Rotators of the Shoulder





- Discussion:
    - major internal rotators are teres major, ,  latissimus,
           pect major;
    - latissimus dorsi & teres major insert along medial lip of bicipital groove &
          pectoralis major along lateral lip and also serve as internal rotators;
    - these muscles comprise larger mass than those that externally rotate the
          humerus which explains greater power of internal rotation;
    - internal rotators are supplied by nerves which arise directly from
          the brachial plexus;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

Last updated by Data Trace Staff on Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:17 am