The subject abductes the arm to 90 degrees and is then instructed to adduct the arm. Resistance is applied from below the arm. The bulk of the muscle contracting is felt by feeling for the inferior angle of the scapula and then moving lateral to this along the posterior axillary fold.
Teres major must be distinguished from the more round tendon of latissimus dorsi which winds around its inferior border.
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