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棘下筋 (きょっかきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

棘きょっ下か筋きん

Meanings

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noun

infraspinatus muscle

anatomy

Anatomical term for the muscle of the rotator cuff that externally rotates the shoulder.

棘きょっ下か筋きんは肩かたの回かい旋せん筋きん腱けん板ばんの一ひとつです。
The infraspinatus muscle is one of the rotator cuff muscles.

Kanji

棘thorn, splinter, spine
下below, down, descend
筋muscle, sinew, tendon

Etymology

From 棘 (spine) + 下 (below) + 筋 (muscle), referring to its location below the spine of the scapula.