LATERAL CERVICAL GROUP. 185 



SERRATUS MAGNUS. 

 (PL. III. 10.; 



The cervical portion of the serratus magnus will be described 

 with the costal portion. (See costal region.) 



SPLENIUS. 

 ( Cerv icomeutoide us. ) 



(PL. III. 7.) 



This is a large muscle included between the funicular part of 

 the ligamentum nucha\ and the vertebrae below. It is broad, 



FIG. 73. 



Lateral cervical muscles deep layer, o, Complerus major ; b, Trachelo-rnastoideus ; 

 cc c c, Intertransversalis 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 

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

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

 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. 



