Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Either of two large flat triangular muscles running from the base of the occiput to the middle of the back that support and make it possible to raise the head and shoulders.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large superficial muscle of the back of the neck and adjacent parts. It arises from the external occipital protuberance, the inner third of the superior curved line of the occipital bone, the ligamentum nuchæ and the spines of the last cervical and of all the thoracic vertebra, and is inserted into the outer third of the clavicle and the acromion and spine of the scapula. Each trapezius is triangular, and with its fellow of the opposite side forms a somewhat diamond-shaped figure, little like the trapezium of geometry. Also called
cucullaris and cowl-muscle or shawl-muscle. See cut undermuscle .
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy A large vertebrate skeletal muscle divided into an ascending, descending, and transverse portion, attaching the neck and central spine to the outer extremity of the scapula; it functions in scapular elevation, adduction, and depression.
WordNet 3.0
- n. either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms
Etymologies
- New Latin, from Medieval Latin trapēzium, trapezium (from the shape of the muscles paired); see trapezium. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“[88] The muscle of the back, called the trapezius, is an example of this.”
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“LB Trevor Scott missed the final three practices with a trapezius pull.”
“Cheryl Anne released me after a few more minutes and told me my trapezius muscles were tight.”
“I search for corrugations in the trapezius muscles between her shoulder blades and rub them flat with my thumbs.”
“He would wink uncontrollably and move his neck restlessly, flexing his trapezius muscles.”
“Trust me, as a result I have some wicked tight trapezius muscles!”
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“Feel the stretch in the muscle that connects your neck and shoulders (the trapezius).”
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“Works upper back muscles trapezius, latissimus dorsi”
“That oblique style is particularly well suited here, where Portman's carriage and posture express so much, not to mention an impressively sculpted trapezius.”
““Yeah,” he murmured, his fingers moving to her shoulders, manipulating the trapezius muscles, searching for and destroying knots of tension, gently but firmly.”
Lists
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List of words that contain the letter string *trap*. Some are obvious and apparent, such as trapezoid, while others are a bit less apparent, such as contrapuntist, ultraphysical, and intraperitoneal.
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Human Anatomy
Terms relating to the human body, primarily in osteology.
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