Muscles of Neck & Vertebral Column

Question 1

Sternocleidomastoid

Answer 1

O: manubrium and clavicle
I: mastoid process of temporal bone, and occipital bone

Question 2

Scalenes

Answer 2

O: cervical vertebrae
I: first two ribs

Question 3

Splenius capitis and cervicis

Answer 3

O: ligamentum nuchae of occipital bone, and vertebrae C7 to T6
I: temporal bone and occipital bone (capitis), and C2-C4 vertebrae (cervicis)

Question 4

Erector spinae - iliocostalis lumborum, thoracis, and cervicis

Answer 4

O: iliac crests (lumborum), and ribs (thoracis and cervicis)
I: ribs (lumborum and thoracis), and cervical vertebrae (cervicis)

Question 5

Erector spinae - longissimus thoracis, cervicis, and capitis

Answer 5

O: lumbar through cervical vertebrae
I: thoracic/cervical vertebrae and to ribs (thoracis and cervicis), and temporal bone (capitis)

Question 6

Erector spinae - spinalis thoracis and cervicis

Answer 6

O: lumbar and thoracic vertebrae
I: thoracic and cervical vertebrae

Question 7

Transversospinalis - semispinalis thoracis, cervicis, and capitis

Answer 7

O: C7 to T12
I: thoracic vertebrae (thoracis), cervical vertebrae (cervicis), and occipital bone (capitis)

Question 8

Quadratus lumborum

Answer 8

O: iliac crest
I: lumbar vertebrae

Question 9

Transversospinalis multifidus

Answer 9

O: transverse processes of vertebrae
I: spinous processes of the vertebrae 3-4 spots up

Question 10

Transversospinalis rotatores

Answer 10

O: transverse processes of vertebrae
I: 1 spinous process up