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Mid-back · 13 min

Rhomboids and liver

A read of this page, with the plate.

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Rhomboid minor and major from C7–T5 to the medial scapula
Retract first. Downwardly rotate with it. Liver as address. They sit on the erectors and under the trapezius.Illustration · site art, not a Kapel Draw.

Minor from C7 and T1 to the root of the scapular spine. Major from T2–T5 to the medial border, down toward the inferior angle. They sit on the erectors and under the trapezius. The slide said downward rotation. That is half. They retract first — they draw the blade toward the spine — and downwardly rotate with it. Nerve: dorsal scapular, chiefly C5.

Liver as address

Governed by liver in this room: anger, frustration. Class 1 already used rhomboids as the liver translator on the mid-back. We keep the pairing so the dialog has the same door it had last week. Feelings have jobs. You name retract. You name the door.

Practice

Sit tall. Draw the shoulder blades toward the spine without puffing the chest. That is rhomboid country. Name retraction. Name liver.

Check

The primary action of the rhomboids is:

  1. Retraction, with downward rotation ✓
  2. Protraction of the scapula, with serratus
  3. Depression of the blade, with lower trapezius

They pin the blade toward the spine. The slide’s downward rotation belongs on that. Serratus protracts. Lower trap depresses.

You use this fiber by:

  1. Naming liver as the address — anger, frustration — with the same door Class 1 already used ✓
  2. Parking it on spleen with mid-trapezius, because both sit on the blade
  3. Parking it on bladder with the erectors, because both are deep

Liver is the door. Spleen is mid-trapezius. Bladder is the column.

Major from T2 on this hour:

  1. Thyroxine from the medulla
  2. T5 to the medial border, down toward the inferior angle ✓
  3. Collapsing Major from T2 into one invented board

Major from T2 — T5 to the medial border, down toward the inferior angle

Practice on this hour is to:

  1. A board you invent without her permission
  2. Draw the shoulder blades toward the spine without puffing the chest. ✓
  3. Living against the tide on purpose

Method before bottle. Trace what the lesson names.

The lab on this hour is for:

  1. A graded exam that invents the next curriculum
  2. Feeling and naming what the lesson maps — journal, not a bottle ✓
  3. A prescription pad for the lab name

Lab is literacy. Not a dose from the yield.

"Rhomboids and liver" here is best treated as:

  1. A tourist collection of special experiences
  2. Minor from C7 and T1 to the root of the scapular spine. ✓
  3. A rigid diagnosis tool that replaces sleep

Train with the map. Do not invent a second sky.

On this hour, choose:

  1. A tourist empty-mind contest
  2. Major from T2–T5 to the medial border, down toward the inferior angle. ✓
  3. A replacement for the physician

Major from T2–T5 to the medial border, down toward the inferior angle.

Keep this from the body of the hour:

  1. Proof of supernatural status
  2. They sit on the erectors and under the trapezius. ✓
  3. A swap of clothes for the organ

They sit on the erectors and under the trapezius.

The skilled response here is:

  1. Inventing a colorful story so the session feels complete
  2. They retract first — they draw the blade toward the spine — and downwardly rotate with it. ✓
  3. Invent a colorful story so the session feels complete

They retract first — they draw the blade toward the spine — and downwardly rotate with it.

A Kapel cue from this board:

  1. A dose you write from a yield
  2. Nerve: dorsal scapular, chiefly C5. ✓
  3. A fixed rainbow outline you must see to be gifted

Nerve: dorsal scapular, chiefly C5.