See Also: latissimus(dictionary)
latissimus dorsi(medicine)
bursa of latissimus dorsi(medicine)
musculus latissimus dorsi(medicine)
bursa subtendinea musculi latissimus dorsi(medicine)

latissimus (iou)



latissimus noun. . E17.
[mod. Latin, ellipt. for musculus latissimus dorsi lit. 'the broadest muscle of the back'.]
Anatomy. More fully latissimus dorsi . Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.