Innervation

Question 1

What muscles of the back does the thoracodorsal nerve innervate?

Answer 1

latissimus dorsi

Question 2

What muscles of the back does the accessory nerve innervate?

Answer 2

trapezius

Question 3

What muscles of the back does the C3 and C4 ventral rami innervate?

Answer 3

trapezius, levator scapulae

Question 4

What muscles of the back does the ventral rami innervate?

Answer 4

intertransversari
trapezius
levator scapulae

Question 5

What muscles of the back does the dorsal scapular nerve innervate?

Answer 5

levator scapulae
rhomboid major
rhomboid minor

Question 6

What muscles of the back does the intercostal nerve innervate?

Answer 6

serratus posterior superior

serratus posterior inferior

Question 7

What muscles of the back does the subcostal nerve innervate?

Answer 7

serratus posterior inferior

Question 8

What muscles of the back does the dorsal rami of the spinal nerves innervate?

Answer 8

splenius cervicis, splenius capitis
Erector spinae muscles
Transversospinalis muscles
segmented muscles