Angiology of the Back

Question 1

Which muscles are supplied by the transverse cervical artery?

Answer 1

trapezius muscle and splenius cervicis muscle

Question 2

1. What muscle is supplied by the deep cervical artery?

2. Which muscles are supplied branch of the costocervical trunk of the deep cervical artery?

Answer 2

1. interspinalis cervicis muscle

2. semispinalis thoracis muscle, semispinalis cervicis muscle, and semispinalis capitis muscle.

Question 3

What muscle is supplied by the thoracodorsal artery?

Answer 3

latissimus dorsi muscle

Question 4

Which muscles are supplied by the dorsal scapular artery?

Answer 4

rhomboid major muscle, rhomboid minor muscle, and levator scapulae muscle

Question 5

Which muscles are supplied by the intercostal arteries?

Answer 5

serratus posterior superior muscle and serratus posterior inferior muscle

Question 6

What muscle is supplied by the muscular branches of the aorta?

Answer 6

splenius capitis muscle

Question 7

1. Which muscles are supplied by the occipital artery?

2. The descending branch of the occipital artery?

Answer 7

1. Splenius cervicis muscle, iliocostalis cervicis muscle, longissimus capitis muscle, multifidus cervicis muscle, rotatores brevis muscle, and rectus capitis posterior major muscle.
2. Semispinalis thoracis muscle, semispinalis cervicis muscle, semispinalis capitis muscle, rectus capitis posterior minor muscle, obliquus capitis inferior muscle, and obliquus capitis superior muscle.

Question 8

Which muscles are supplied by the posterior intercostal arteries?

Answer 8

Iliocostalis lumborum muscle, iliocostalis thoracis muscle, iliocostalis cervicis muscle, longissimus thoracis muscle, longissimus cervicis muscle, spinalis thoracis muscle, spinalis cervicis muscle, semispinalis thoracis muscle, semispinalis cervicis muscle, multifidus thoracis muscle, rotatores longus muscle, levator costarum longus muscle, and levator costarum brevis muscle.

Question 9

Which muscles are supplied by the subcostal arteries?

Answer 9

Iliocostalis lumborum muscle, iliocostalis thoracis muscle, and longissimus thoracis muscle.

Question 10

Which muscles are supplied by the lumbar arteries?

Answer 10

Iliocostalis lumborum muscle, iliocostalis thoracis muscle, multifidus lumborum muscle, interspinalis lumborum muscle, and intertransversarii lumborum muscle.

Question 11

Which muscles are supplied by the vertebral artery?

Answer 11

Multifidus cervicis muscle, rotatores brevis muscle, rectus capitis posterior minor muscle, obliquus capitis inferior muscle, and obliquus capitis superior muscle.

Question 12

What muscle is supplied by the lateral sacral artery?

Answer 12

Multifidus lumborum muscle

Question 13

What muscle is supplied by the branches of the subclavian artery?

Answer 13

Intertransversarii cervicis muscle