LATERAL CERVICAL GROUP. 185 



SERRATUS MAGNUS. 



(Pl. in. lO.j 



The cervical portion of the serratus magnus will be described 

 with the costal portion. (See costal region.) 



{^Cervico-mastoideiis.) 

 (Pl. IIL 7.) 



This is a large muscle included between the funicular part of 

 the ligamentum nuchas, and the vertebrae below. It is broad, 



Fig. 73. 

 Lateral cervical muscles— deep layer, a, Complexus major; !>, Trachelo-aiastoideus ; 

 r c c c, lutertrausversalis colli. 



flat, and triangular ; aponeurotic only at its periphery, its belly is 

 made up of large fleshy bundles, which are directed obliquely 

 forwards and upwards to the head and first cervical vertebra. 



Attachments. — To the funicular portion of the ligamentum 

 nuchse, the transverse processes of the third, fourth, and fifth 

 cervical, and the spines of the first four or five dorsal vertebras ; 

 to the crest and mastoid ridge, in union with the tendon of the 

 trachelo-mastoideus, and to the wing of the atlas, along with the 

 common tendon of the trachelo-mastoideus and the levator humeri. 



