Lats

Question 1

What are the proximal attachments of the lats?

Answer 1

spinous process of T7 & Thoracolumbar fascia

Question 2

What are the distal attachments of the lats?

Answer 2

intertubercler sulcus of hummerus

Question 3

What aid the action of the lats?

Answer 3

pulls hummerus from inferiorly and behind

Adduction, extension and medial rotation of the hummerus

Question 4

How doe the lats affect the scapula?

Answer 4

by its attachment to the hummerus

reversal of movement of the scapula

Question 5

how does the lats affect the spine?

Answer 5

by its attachments to the spinous process

asssit vertebral rotation of thoracic spine

Question 6

What is the triangle of auscultation?

Answer 6

Upper lat
lower trap
medial border of scapula
great place to listen to lungs because of reduced muscle/bone

Question 7

What is the thoracolumbar fascia?

Answer 7

fascia that is connected to the lats serratus posterior inferior and quadrates lumborum
broken into the anterior/middle/posterior layers