TOPOGRAPHICAL ANATOMY OF THE 



lateral surface of the ribs as far as their angles, and, finally, to the 

 transverse process of the last cervical vertebra. 



M. LONGissiMUS CERVicis. — If the dissection of the neck has been 



M. intercostalis externus. 



M. spinalis et semi 



spinalis dorsi et cervicis 



M. longissimus dorsi. 



M. iliocostalis. 



M. intercostalis internus. 



i A. transversa colli. 



M. longissimus cervicis. 



Ligamentum nuchae. 



A. cervicalis 



profunda. 



. cervicalis 

 ascendens. 



V cephalica. 



transversa scapuli 

 M. scalenus. 

 A. axillaris. 

 A. thoracica externa. 



M. obliquus externus 



abdominis. m. rectus abdominis 



M. transversus costarum. 

 A. intercostalis. 



Lateral cutaneous nerve. 

 Fig. 2. — Dissection of the Chest Wall, seen from the right. 



carried far enough, the dissector of the muscles of the back should 

 examine the longissimus cervicis. This muscle appears to be a con- 

 tinuation of the longissimus dorsi, from which it is only separated with 



