MUSCLES OF THE BACK. 



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Levator anguli scap^ac.^^^Ori,^n, from '"^-'l^^^'^'j^Z 

 cesses of the three, four, or five superior cervical vertebroB. hiser- 

 '""into the angle' of the scapula, and base above the spn.e. Use, 

 draws the scapula upwards. 



Fig. 62. 



Svlenius '^ i*— It consists of two parts : splenius capitis and sple- 

 nius colli. Origins from the spinous processes ot the five inlenor 

 c^vical and the' four superior dorsal vertebra., .^-f^-^-^^ ^e 

 occipital bone, between the two semicircular ridges and into he 

 transverse processes of the two superior cervical vertebrae. Use, 

 draws the head and neck backwards. 



SaellnmMis and hngisHra^s ,fe«i.-These two muscles ar.se 

 in common. Origin, from the spinous and transverse Processes of 

 the loins and sacrum, and from the crest of the ■hum The fi.st 

 is on the outer side. Insertion, uito the angles of the nb. Ihe 



