Exam 1 Back Muscle Actions Flashcards
Elevate Scapular
Traps, levator scapulae, rhomboids
Depress Scapular
Lats, Traps
Retract Scapular
Lats, rhomboids, traps
Superior rotation
Traps
Inferior rotation
Lats, rhomboids, levator scapular
Serratus posterior inferior and superior
-inferior = depress ribs
-superior = elevate ribs
Intrinsic Muscles: Superficial
Group
Unilateral Action
Laterally flex neck, rotate
head to same side
Intrinsic Muscles: Intermediate
Group
-Bilateral Action: extend
vert column, head, neck
-Unilateral Action:
Laterally flex vert column
to same side
Intrinsic Muscles: Deep Group
-Bilateral Action: Extend & stabilize vert column
-Unilateral Action: Rotate vert column, head/neck
contralaterally
Semispinalis
Rotate head/neck contralaterally
Multifidus
stabilize vertebral column
Rotatores
assist with
stabilization & rotation
Deep Accessory Muscles
-Interspinales: assists with extension
-Intertransversarii: assist in lateral flexion
-Levatores costarum: elevates ribs, accessory
muscle of respiration, assist in lateral flexion
Head Extension
trapezius
levator scapulae
splenius
longissimus
iliocostalis
semispinalis
multifidus
Body Extension
erector spinae
multifidus