Superficial back Flashcards
The Accessory nerve is bundled with…
the Transverse cervical artery
The accessory nerve is located…
Deep to the Trapezius.
A bundle of arteries, nerves, and/or veins is called…
Neurovascular bundle
The two holes through which the accessory nerve enters and exits the skull are the…
Foramen magnum and jugular foramen
The accessory nerve innervates the…
Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
The transverse cervical artery branches from the…
thyrocervical trunk of the subclavian artery.
The rhomboid muscles and levator scapulae are innervated by the…
Dorsal scapular nerve.
The rhomboid muscles act by…
Rotating and retracting the scapula to depress the glenoid cavity.
The levator scapulae serves to…
elevate the scapula.
The latissimus dorsi acts by…
adducting, extending, and medially rotating the upper extremity.
The latissimus dorsi is innervated by the…
thoracodorsal nerve.
The muscle that holds the scapula to the thoracic cavity is called the…
serratus anterior.
The nerve that runs on the surface of the serratus anterior is the…
long thoracic nerve.
Winged scapula results from a defect in the…
long thoracic nerve.
The triangle of auscultation results from the lack of overlap from the following three muscles:
Trapezius, rhomboid major (specifically at the medial border of the scapula), and latissimus dorsi.
