Anterior and Posterior Thorax Muscle Flashcards
Muscles can be named after these three things
Action, Shape, Location (origin and insertion)
These muscles attach the upper limb to the axial skeleton via the pectoral girdle
Muscles of the anterior and posterior thorax
These muscle stabilize the shoulder and move the scapula
Muscles of the anterior and posterior thorax
Name the 6 muscles of the anterior thorax
- Pectoralis Minor
- Serratus Anterior
- Subclavius
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Anterior Scalene
- Pectoralis Major
A triangular shaped muscle with the apex attached to the coracoid process, distally attached to ribs 3-5
Pectoralis Minor
Located on the anterior wall of thorax and is covered by pectoralis major muscle
Pectoralis Minor
Innervation of the pectoralis minor
medial pectoral nerve
Stabilizes the scapula through the coracoid process, and can sometimes lift the ribs up
Pectoralis Minor
Muscle with scalloped origin, serratis saw, sometimes called the boxers muscle
Serratus Anterior
Holds the scapula against the chest wall and is important to protract the scapula
Serratus Anterior
Needed to elevate the arm above 90 degrees by rotating laterally, paralysis would inhibit raising arm above 90 degrees
Serratus Anterior
Origin and insertion of serratus anterior
Origin: Lateral aspects of ribs 1-8
Insertion: Posteriorly to vertebral border of scapula
Innervatation of the serratus anterior
the long thoracic nerve
Small muscle lying below the clavicle and holds the clavicle in the sternoclavicular joint
Subclavius
Protects the underlying subclavian vessels if there is a fracture of the clavicle, which could pierce the subclavian artery which supplies the upper extremity
Subclavius
Origin and insertion of the subclavius
Origin: Costal cartilage of rib one
Insertion: Inferior surface of the lateral third of the clavicle
Innervation of the clavicle is the nerve to the ___ which is a branch of the brachioplexus
Subclavius
Action is to stabilize the pectoral girdle and help to depress the shoulder
Subclavius
The anterior neck muscle with two heads, one clavicular and the other sternal
Sternocleidomastoid
Attaches pectoral girdle to the axial skeleton and bilaterally flexes head foward
Sternocleidomastoid