Muscles of Posterior Neck and Vertebral Column Origin+Insertion

Question 1

Trapezius

Answer 1

O: occipital bone + thoracic vertebrae
I: scapula

Question 2

Latissimus Dorsi

Answer 2

O: thoracic + lumbar vertebrae + illiac crest
I: Intertubercular sulcus of humerus

Question 3

Rhomboid Major + Minor

Answer 3

O: thoracic vertebrae
I: scapula

Question 4

Levator scapulae

Answer 4

O: transverse processes C1-C4
I: superior angle + medial border of scapula

Question 5

Splenius

Answer 5

O: spinous process
I: mastoid process of temporal bone + occipital bone

Question 6

Semispinalis

Answer 6

O: Transverse processes of C7-T12
I: occipital bone + spinous processes of C1-T4

Question 7

Spinalis

Answer 7

O: Transverse processes of Thoracic + Lumbar
I: spinous processes

Question 8

Longissimus

Answer 8

O: iliac crest + transverse processes of thoracic+lumbar
I: mastoid process of temporal bone + transverse processes of vertebrae (C-L)

Question 9

Iliocostalis

Answer 9

O: iliac crest + transverse processes of thoracic + lumbar
I: ribs

Question 10

Quadratus lumborum

Answer 10

O: iliac crest + lumbar fascia
I: inferior border of 12th rib + transverse process of lumbar vertebrae