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Trapezius vs Deltoids - What's the difference?

trapezius | deltoids |

As nouns the difference between trapezius and deltoids

is that trapezius is (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 while deltoids is .

trapezius

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (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.
  • The trapezius muscle resembles a trapezium (trapezoid in American English), or diamond-shaped quadrilateral. The word "spinotrapezius" refers to the human trapezius, although it is not commonly used in modern texts. In other mammals, it refers to a portion of the analogous muscle.

    deltoids

    English

    Noun

    (head)