LATEEAL AND PK^VEETEBEAL MUSCLES OF THE NECK. 469 



is divisible into three portions a vertical, an inferior oblique, and a superior 

 oblique portion. 



Attached to 



posterior 



tubercles of 



transverse 



processes 



SCALENUS MEDIUS - 

 LEVATOR SCAPULAE 

 SPLENIUS CERVICIS 



SCALENUS POSTERIOR 

 ILIOCOSTALIS CERVICIS 

 LONOISSIMUS CERVICIS 



processes 



LONGISSIMUS CAPITIS 



SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS 

 MULTIFIDUS 



Attached to SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS 

 articula- ' 



TV^ 



NGUS CAPITIS 



ILONGUS COLLI 



Attached 

 to anterior 

 -tubercles of 



FIG. 416. SCHEME OF MUSCULAR ATTACHMENTS TO CERVICAL VERTEBRA, 



The vertical portion of the muscle arises from the bodies of the first three 

 thoracic and the last three cervical vertebrae. 



Passing vertically upwards, it is inserted into the bodies of the second, third, 

 d fourth cervical vertebrae. 



Semispinalis capitis (insertion) 



3tus capitis posterior minor 

 (insertion) 

 \ 



Rectus capitis posterior major 

 (insertion) 



Trapezius (origin) 



capitis superior 

 (insertion) 



3tus capitis lateralis (insertion) 



Rectus capitis anterior (insertion) 



Sterno-cleido-mastoid 

 (insertion) 



Splenius capitis 

 (insertion) 



Superior constrictor of pharynx (insertion) 



Longus capitis (insertion) 

 FIG. 417. MUSCLE- ATTACHMENTS TO THE OCCIPITAL BONE. 



The inferior oblique portion arises from the bodies of the first three thoracic 

 vertebrae. 



t is inserted into the anterior tubercles of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebras. 



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