Midterm Flashcards
What are the 9 C1 muscles?
1) SCM
2) superior oblique (SO, obliquus capitis superior)
3) CAPs (splenius capitis and semispinalis capitis)
4) RCP minor
5) RCP major
6) Inferior oblique (IO, obliquus capitis inferior)
7) Splenius cervicis
8) Levator scapulae
9) Intertransversarii
What are the attachments for the SCM?
mastoid process and sternoclavicular junction
What are the indications of the SCM?
-C0 posterior rotation
-C1 anterior rotation
What are the attachments of the superior oblique (SO, obliquus capitis superior)?
occiput and C1 TP
What are the indications of the superior oblique (SO, obliquus capitis superior)?
C0 posterior rotation or C1 anterior rotation or C1 laterality on opposite side
What 2 muscles make up the CAPs?
splenius capitis and semispinalis capitis
What are the attachments for the splenius capitis?
occipital shelf and C4-C6 articulations, and T1-T8 TPs
What are the attachments for the semispinalis capitis?
occiput and C7-T4 SPs
What are the indications for the CAPs?
-C0 anterior rotation
-C1 posterior rotation
What are the attachments of the RCP minor?
occiput and C1 posterior tubercles
What are the indications of RCP minor?
C1 superiority or C0 PS
What are the attachments of RCP major?
occiput to C2 SP
What are the indications of RCP major?
-C0 anterior rotation
-C1 posterior rotation
-C2 SP rotation
What are the attachments for the inferior oblique (IO, obliquus capitis inferior)?
C1 TP to C2 SP
What are the indications of the inferior oblique (IO, obliquus capitis inferior)?
-C1 anterior rotation
-C2 SP rotation
What are the attachments for the splenius cervicis?
C1-C3 TPs to T3-T6 SPs
What are the indications of the splenius cervicis?
-C1 anterior rotation
-C2 body rotation (opposite side)
What are the attachments of the levator scapulae?
C1-C4 TPs to superior angle of scapulae
What are the indications of the levator scapulae?
-C1 laterality
-C2 body rotation (opposite side)
What are the attachments of the intertransversarii?
Attaches between all TPs, but we will only focus on C1-C2
What are the indications of the intertransversarii?
Ipsilateral laterality of C1
What muscles indicate superiority of C1?
RCP minor only
What muscles indicate laterality of C1?
-SO (on opposite side)
-Levator Scapulae
-Intertransversarii
What muscles indicate anterior rotation of C1?
-SCM
-SO
-IO
-Splenius cervicis
What muscles indicate posterior rotation of C1?
-CAPs
-RCP major
What are the C2 muscles?
1) RCP major
2) inferior oblique
3) splenius cervicis
4) scalene group (scalene medius)
What are the attachments of the scalene group (scalene medius)?
C2-C7 TPs to rib 1
What are the indications of the scalene group (scalene medius)?
Ipsilateral body rotation of C2-C7
What muscles indicate C2 SP rotation?
RCP major and IO
What muscles indicate C2 body rotation?
-Scalene
-Splenius cervicis (opposite side of body rotation)
-levator scapulae (opposite side)
What are the C3-C7 muscles?
Multifidi and scalene group (scalene medius)
What are the cervical attachments for the multifidi?
SPs to TPs of vertebrae below