latissimus dorsi

[ luh-tis-uh-muhs dawr-sahy ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural la·tis·si·mi dor·si [l, uh, -, tis, -, uh, -mahy , dawr, -sahy].

a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.

< New Latin: literally, the broadest (muscle) of the back

The laceration at the latissimus dorsi muscle was then approximated with No.

Attention was then turned on the laceration of the latissimus dorsi muscle where the missile had passed through it.

From its wide expanse on the back it is known as the latissimus dorsi (broadest of the back).

It is covered by the latissimus dorsi and the posterior muscular mass of the arm.

The wound involved the latissimus dorsi, and the external and internal oblique muscles of the abdomen.

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