axial muscles Flashcards
muscles that rotates the neck/trunk to the contralateral side
Sternocleidomastoid (neck)
Scalenes (neck)
Semispinalis
muscles that rotate the neck/trunk to the ipsilateral side
Splenius (neck)
muscles that laterally flex but do not rotate the neck/ trunk
Spinalis
Longissimus
Iliocostalis
where do the scalenes attach?
TVP’s (cervical)
ribs 1-2
action of the scalenes:
lateral flexion and contralateral rotation of the neck
actions of the Sternocleidomastoid
lateral flexion and contralateral rotation
where does the splenius attach?
SPs, TVPs
actions of the Splenius:
lateral flexion and ipsilateral rotation
where does spinalis attach?
TPs,
actions of the spinalis:
lateral flexion
where does the longissimus attach?
TVPsa
actions of the longissimus:
lateral flexion
iliocostalis attachment:
TVPs (cervical region), ribs
actions of the iliocostalis:
lateral flexion
attachments of the semispinalis:
TPs, TVPs
