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VTC Shoulder Region - Origins & Insertions
for medical school - origins/insertions of shoulder muscles
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Anatomy
Graduate
08/19/2012

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Latissimus dorsi

 

origin: spinous processes of thoracic T7-L5, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest and inferior 3 or 4 ribs, inferior angle of scapula

 

insertion:  floor of intertubercular groove of the humerus

 

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Trapezius

 

Origin:

  external occipital protuberance, nuchal ligament, medial superior nuchal line, spinous processes of vertebrae C7-T12

 

Insertion: posterior border of the lateral third of the clavicle, acromion process, and spine of scapula

   
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Rhomboid major

 

origin:

  spinous processes of the T2 to T5 vertebrae

 

insertion: medial border of the scapula, inferior to the insertion of rhomboid minor muscle

   
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Rhomboid minor

 

origin:

  nuchal ligaments and spinous processes of C7–T1

 

insertion: medial border of scapula

   
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Teres major

 

origin:

  posterior aspect of the inferior angle of the scapula

 

insertion: medial lip of the intertubercular sulcus of the humerus

   
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Teres minor

 

origin:

  lateral border of the scapula

 

insertion: inferior facet of greater tubercle of the humerus

   
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Supraspinatus

 

origin:

  supraspinous fossa of scapula

 

insertion: superior facet of greater tubercle of humerus

   
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Infraspinatus

 

origin:

  infraspinous fossa of the scapula

 

insertion: middle facet of greater tubercle of the humerus

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Subscapularis

 

origin: subscapular fossa

 

insertion: lesser tubercle of humerus

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Levator scapulae

 

origin:

  Posterior tubercles of transverse processes of C1 - C4 vertebrae

 

insertion: Superior part of medial border of scapula

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Splenius capitis

 

origin: Ligamentum nuchae, spinous process of C7-T3

 

insertion: Mastoid process of temporal and occipital bone

 

Splenius cervicis

 

origin: spinous processes of T3-T6

 

insertion: transverse processes of C1-C3

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Semispinalis capitis

 

origin: Transversal process of lower cervical and higher thoracal columna

 

insertion: Area between superior and inferior nuchal line

 

Semispinalis cervicis

 

origin:

  transverse processes of the upper five or six thoracic vertebræ

 

insertion: cervical spinous processes, from the axis to the fifth

 

Semispinalis dorsi

 

origin: transverse processes of the sixth to the tenth thoracic vertebræ

 

insertion: spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae

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Serratus posterior superior

 

origin: nuchal ligament (or ligamentum nuchae) and the spinous processes of the vertebrae C7 through T3

 

insertion: the upper borders of the 2nd through 5th ribs

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Serratus posterior inferior

 

origin: vertebrae T11 - L2

 

insertion: the inferior borders of the 9th through 12th ribs

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Greater occipital nerve

 

origin: dorsal primary ramus of cervical spinal nerve 2

 

course: ascends after emerging from the suboccipital triangle between the inferior oblique and semispinalis capitis muscle; passes through the trapezius muscle and ascends to innervate the skin along the posterior part of the scalp to the vertex

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Longissimus thoracis

 

origin: posterior surfaces of the transverse processes and the accessory processes of the lumbar vertebræ, and to the anterior layer of the lumbodorsal fascia

 

insertion: tips of the transverse processes of all the thoracic vertebræ, and by fleshy processes into the lower nine or ten ribs between their tubercles and angles

 

Longissimus cervicis

 

origin: summits of the transverse processes of the upper four or five thoracic vertebræ

 

insertion: posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae from the second to the sixth

 

Longissimus capitis

 

origin: transverse processes of the upper four or five thoracic vertebræ, and the articular processes of the lower three or four cervical vertebrae

 

insertion: posterior margin of the mastoid process

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Iliocostalis

 

origin: Sacrum/Illiac Crest/Spinous Processes of lower lumbar/thoracic vertebrae

 

insertion: ribs

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