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HUMAN ANATOMY. 



elevates the angle of the scapula; nerve, interior division of the 

 third and fourth cervical nerves. 



EHOMBOIDEUS MINOR. Origin, from spinous processes of 

 seventh cervical and first dorsal vertebrae and the ligamentum 

 nuchae; insertion., into root of the spine of the scapula; action, 

 draws the inferior angle upward and backward; nerves, branches 

 from the fifth cervical nerve. 



FIG. 94. 



Muscles of the back: 1, trapezius; 2, 4, latissimus dorsi; 10, leva- 

 tor anguli scapulse; 11, rhomboideus minor; 12, rhomboideus major; 

 13, 14, splenius capitis et colli; 15, vertebral aponeurosis; 16, serratus 

 posticus inferior. 



RHOMBOIDEUS MAJOR. Origin, from supraspinous liga- 

 ment and spinous processes of four or five upper dorsal vertebrae ; 

 insertion, by a tendinous arch attached above near the spine and 

 below to the inferior angle of the scapula; action, draws the 



