Back Flashcards
What does deep fascia do?
Cover the muscle
Bones trapezius attaches to?
Clavicle, Spine of scapula, spines of vertebrae, skull
Innervation of trapezius?
Spinal accessory nerve
Insertion of lat?
Humerus
Insertion of rhomboids?
Scapula
What does seratus posterior superior lie under?
Rhomboids
Great occipital nerve sensory or motor?
Sensory
What does thoracodorsal nerve innervate?
Lat
What does long thoracic nerve innervate?
Serratus anterior
What produces winged scapula?
Cut seratus anterior
What nerve does the transverse cervical artery run with?
Spinal accessory
Iliad Crest
L4 palpatable landmark - used in spinal tapping - where the back ends
Is the sacrum part of the back?
Yes even though it goes past L4
Vertebral Prominence
C7 - First vertebrae that you can feel on yourself
Inferior angle of the scapula
T7
Occipital protuberance
Bump on the back of the skull telling you where the midline is
Intrinsic Back muscles
True back muscles. Involved in moving the spine, some attach to the head
The superior angle of the scapula is at about
T1-T2
Superficial fascia
Variable in thickness. Contains fat, neuro-
vascular bundles.
Deep fascia
Invests muscles
What are the true back muscles innervated by?
Dorsal rami of spinal nerves.
Another name for true back muscles?
Deep back muscles
The muscles of the suboccipital triangle include? Innervation?
Sub occipital nerve.
a. Rectus capitis posterior major
b. Rectus capitis posterior minor
c. Obliquus capitis superior
d. Obliquus capitis inferior
