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Infraspinatus
One of the four muscles comprising the rotator cuff that is triangular in shape and extends from the infraspinatus fossa of the scapula to the greater tubercle of the humerus. The infraspinatus muscle extends and rotates the arm laterally. (NCI Thesaurus)
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