THRA.23 Flashcards










Give the short ligaments of the spine
- Ligg. interarcules/ligg. flava
- Ligg. intertransversaria
- Ligg. interspinalia
Give the long ligaments of the spine
- Lig. longitudinale dorsale et ventrale
- Lig. supraspinale
- Lig. dorsoscapulare (Eq)
- Lig. nuchae (øFe/Su)
- Funiculus nuchae
- Lamina nuchae (øCa)
List the hypaxial muscles
- M. longus coli
- M. scalenus:
- dorsalis (Ø Eq)
- medius
- ventralis (ØCa)
- M. psoas major et minor
- M. quadratus lumborum
- M. iliacus (med et lat)
Epaxial muscles can be divided into…
- Superficial epaxial muscles
- Deep epaxial muscles
List the superficial epaxial muscles
- Mm. trapezius pars cervicalis et thoracica
- Mm. rhomboideus:
- capitis (Ca/Su)
- cervicis
- thoracis
- M. latissimus dorsi
- M. splenius
List the lateral group of the deep epaxial muscles
- M. iliocostalis:
- cervicis
- thoracis
- lumborum
- M. longissimus
- capitis
- atlantis
- cervicis
- thoracis et lumborum
List the spinalis system of the medial group of the deep epaxial muscles
- Spinalis system
- M. spinalis cervicis et thoracis
- Mm. interspinales (Ca/Su)
List the transversospinalis system of the medial group of the deep epaxial muscles
- Mm. multifidi
- Mm. rotatores
- Mm. intertransversarii
- M. semispinalis cervicis et thoracis
- M. semispinalis capitis
- M. biventer cervicis
- M. complexus
Which muscle group is shown?

Mm. transversospinales
Which muscle group is shown?

Mm. longissimi
Which muscle group is shown?

Mm. iliocostales
What do these muscle groups make up?

Mm. erector spinae
M. longus colli
- Origin
- Insertion
Origin: C2
Insertion: T5
M. scalenus ventralis
- Origin
- Insertion
ØCa
Origin: C3-C6
Insertion: R1
Interspecies difference:
M. rhomboideus capitis
Ca/Su
M. iliocostalis cervicis
- Origin
- Insertion
Origin: Cranial Th spine
Insertion: C7
M. iliocostalis thoracis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: Ribs
- Insertion: C6-C7 + Ribs
M. iliocostalis lumborum
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: Crista iliaca + L spine
- Insertion: Last rib
M. longissimus capitis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: C5-T4
- Insertion: Mastoid proc.
M. longissimus atlantis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: C5-T4
- Insertion: Ala atlantis
M. longissimus cervicis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: T1-T8
- Insertion: C3-C7
M. longissimus thoracis et lumborum
- Origin
- Insertion
Origin: Sacral, lumbar, thoracic vertebrae + Ilium
Insertion: Thoracic column + ribs
M. spinalis cervicis et thoracis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: M. longissimus + spinous processes
- Insertion: Spinous processes until C4
M. interspinales
- Origin
- Insertion
Ca/Su
Origin: C7-S1 spinous processes
Insertion: Spinous process of the next vertebra
Mm. multifidi
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: C3-S1
- Insertion: Spinous process of vertebrae
Mm. rotatores
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: C + T spine
- Insertion: Cranial vertebrae
Mm. intertransversarii
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: Transverse process
- Insertion: Next transverse process
All along the spine
M. semispinalis cervicis et thoracis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: Th spine (Trans. proc)
- Insertion: C6-T6 (Spin. proc.)
M. biventer cervicis
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: T2-T4
- Insertion: Crista nuchae
M. complexus
- Origin
- Insertion
- Origin: C3-T1
- Insertion: Crista nuchae