Back Flashcards
what 2 groups can the back be divided into?
- extrinsic muscles
2. intrinsic muscles
extrinsic muslces
- superficial & intermediate groups
- involved with movements of upper limbs & thoracic wall
- goes to a different location
What are extrinsic muscles innervated by?
anterior rami of spinal nerves
intrinsic muscles (true back muscles)
- deep group (inside)
- support & move the vertebral column
- participate in moving head
- only function with back, does not go to another area
- act to maintain posture and control movements of the vertebral column
- extend from pelvis to the cranium
what are intrinsic muscles innervated by?
posterior rami of spinal nerves
what makes up the shoulder girdle?
- clavicle
2. scapula
what consists of the scapula?
- 3 angles
- 3 borders
- 3 fossae
- 3 processes
- group of 3 muscles
what are the 3 processes of scapula?
- spine
- acromium
- cracoid
Superficial extrinsic muscles
- control upper limb movement
- Layer 1: trapezius & latissimus dorsi
- Layer 2: rhomboid majorm minor, levato scapulae
intermediate extrinsic muscles
- control respiratory movements
- serratus posterior superior & inferior
what supplies the trapezius?
- CN XI
- transverse cervical artery
what supplies the latissimus dorsi?
thoracodorsal nerve & artery
what supplies layer 2 of extrinsic superficial?
-dorsal scapular nerve
what is the role of extrinsic intermediate muscles?
control respiratory muscles
Serratus posterior superior
- extrinsic intermediate
- origin @ spine
- down to ribs
- acts to ELEVATE the ribs
Serratus posterior inferior
- extrinsic intermediate
- origin @ spine
- up to ribs (9-12)
- acts to DEPRESS the ribs
serratus anterior
- 8 digits from the ribs
- goes to scapula
- very close to armpit & breast
- contract muscle = PROTRACTION forward movement of scapula
- boxing & swimming
what is the serratus anterior muscle known as?
boxer’s muscle
what is the serratus anterior supplied by?
- laterAl thoracic Artery
- loNg thoracic Nerve
what happens if there is an injury to the long thoracic nerve of the serratus anterior muscle?
**WINGING OF THE SCAPULA
-medial border of the scapula moves LATERALLY and POSTERIORLY away from the thoracic wall
what does the erector spinae do?
- intermediate layer of intrinsic muscle
- extends vertebral column
what is below the semispinalis capitis?
suboccipital triangle