Muscles of the Trunk Flashcards
- Which subgroup of the transversospinalis is deepest?
rotatores
- If the right-sided rotatores are eccentrically contracteding what type of rotation of the spine is occuring?
Right rotation
- Which subgroup of the erector spinae is the most medial?
Spinalis
- Which subgroup of the erector spinae goes from the pelvis to the ribs?
Iliocostalis
- Which subgroup of the transversospinalis is most superficial?
Semispinalis
- What is happening to the length of the left quadratus lumborum when the spine is laterally flexing to the left?
It is shortening
- What muscle is superficial to the rhomboids?
Trapezius
- As a rule transversospinalis musculature attaches from where to where?
Transverse processes
- Which muscle attaches farther posteriorly the external or internal abdominal oblique?
Internal abdominal
- How are the serratus posterior superior and scalenes synergistic with each other?
They both elevate upper ribs (#1-#2) at the costospinal and sternocostal joints
- What muscle is immediately deep to the internal abdominal oblique?
Transverse abdominis
- What happens to the length of the transversus abdominis as a person breathes in and their belly rises?
It lengthens
- When the diaphragm concentrically conttracts what happens to its dome (central tendon)?
It drops
- In what region is the multifidus of the transversospinalis group the largest?
The low back
- What muscle is deep to the rhomboids and has the same direction of fibers?
Serratus posterior superior
- What muscle attaches from the pelvis to the lumbar spine and twelfth rib and is deep to the erector spinae group?
Quadratus lumborum
- What is the name of the connection tissue that envelops the rectus abdominis?
Rectus sheath (abdominal aponeurosis)
- In the thoracic region the transversospinalis musculature is deep to which muscle of the erector spinae group?
Spinalis
- Name a synergist to the pectoralis minor’s action of protraction of the scapula at the scapulocostal joint?
Serratus anterior pectoralis major
- What happens to the length of the pectoralis minor if the arm laterally rotates at the shoulder joint?
It lengthens
- What muscle is immediately superficial to the transversus abdominis?
Internal abdominal oblique
- What muscle group is immediately superficial to the quadratus lumborum?
Erector spine group
- If the subclavius is tight what condition might be caused?
Costoclavicular syndrome a type of thoracic oulet syndrome
- Which subgroup of the transversospinalis is best suited for rotation of the spine and why?
Rotatores because they are oriented most horizontally
- What is the superior attachment of the rotatores?
Lamina of the vertebrae (spinous process of the vertebrae)
- From a posterior perspective which is deeper, the intercostals or the subcostales?
Subcostales
- What muscle is immediately deep to the external intercostals?
Internal intercostals
- How are the rhomboids synergystic with the middle trapezius?
They both retract (adduct) the scapula at the scapulocostal joint
- What muscle is immediately superficial to the semispinalis in the suboccipital region?
Upper trapezious
- If the serratus posterior inferior is eccentrically contracting, what joint motion is occuring?
Elevation of ribs #9-12 at the costospinal and sternocostal joints
- What spinal rotation is created by the transversospinalis musculature on the right side of the body?
Left rotation
- In what region is the semispinalis of the transversospinalis group the largest?
The neck
- If the trunk is passively flexing at the spinal joints what is happening to the length of the erector spinae group?
It is lengthening
- What muscle group is deep to the rhomboids and has a vertical direction to its fibers?
Erector spine group
- What is the superior attachment of the diaphragm?
Its central tendon/dome
- Which head of the pectoralis major is better suited to create flexion of the arm at the shoulder joint?
Clavicular head
- Are the right and left side intertransversarii synergistic with or antagonistic to each other?
Antagonistic they laterally flex the spine to opposite sides
- What muscle has the same humeral actions as the latissimus dorsi?
Teres major