Muscle group · Neck
Trapezius
Musculus trapezius
Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.
The large diamond-shaped sheet running from the base of the skull and the spine out to the shoulder girdle, described in three parts — upper, middle and lower — whose fibres pull the scapula in different directions and together control how it rotates as the arm lifts.
Also known as
- traps
- trap