Exam 2 part 1 Shoulder muscles

Question 1

Muscles that originate on the vertebral column or skull (5)

Answer 1

1. Trapezius
2. Rhomboid major
3. Rhomboid minor
4. Levator scapula
5. Latissimus dorsi

Question 2

Lumbar triangle

Answer 2

depression found @ the lower part of the latissimus dorsi (medial to the inferior angle of the scapula)

Question 3

Lumbar triangle is bounded by:

Answer 3

Latissimus dorsi, crest of the ilium and the external oblique muscle

Question 4

Clinical significance of the lumbar triangle is:

Answer 4

common place for a hernia of the posterior abdominal wall