Deep Back Muscles Flashcards
What are the muscles that make up the deep back?
Splenious capitus, splenious cervicis, erector spinae (3 muscles), transversospinalis (3 muscles), and suboccipital.
What innervates the deep back muscles?
Dorsal rami of spinal nerves.
What is the origin of the splenious capitis?
Lower half of the liamentum nuchae, spinous processes C7-T4.
What is the insertion of the splenious capitis?
Mastoid process of the skull and below the lateral 1/3 of the superior nuchal line.
What are the actions of the splenious capitis?
Bilateral contraction - extension of the neck
Unilateral contraction - Draw and rotate the head to one side
What innervates the splenious capitis?
Segmentally by the dorsal rami of cervical nerves.
What is the origin of the splenious cervicis?
Spinous processes T3-T6.
What is the insertion of the splenious cervicis?
Transverse processes C1-C3.
What are the actions of the splenious cervicis?
Bilateral contraction - extension of the neck.
Unilateral contraction - draw and rotate the head to one side.
What innervates the splenious cervicis?
Segmentally by the dorsal rami of the cervical nerves.
What 3 muscles make up the erector spinae?
Iliocostalis, Longissimus, and Spinalis.
What is the origin of the iliocostalis?
Ilium and ribs.
What is the origin of the longissimus?
Transverse processes.
What is the origin of the spinalis?
Spinous processes.
What is the insertion of the iliocostalis?
Ribs and Transverse processes.
What is the insertion of the longissimus?
Transverse processes.