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rotation of that bone, it depresses the point of the shoulder. Taking its fixed 

 l)oint from below, it is an extensor and lateral tlexor of the neck. 



Fig. 263.— The Levatok Axguli Scapulj^ and Khomboidei. 



Supraspinatus 



Teres minor 



Infraspinatus 



Teres major 



SerratuB magnus 



Splenius capitis 



Levator anguli scapulae 



Serratus posticus 

 superior 



— Rhomboideus minor 



Splenius colli 

 Khomboideus major 



Serratus posticus 

 inferior 



Obliquus internuB 



sier 



Relations.-Superficiallv, the deep cervical fascia, the platysma myoides, the 

 no-niastoid, the trapezius, the scalenus niedius the niterna jugular vein he 

 ..1 ..n...J^ ^Prx'P «nd some of the descendnig branches of the cervical plexus, 



spinal accessory nerve, and some of the descending 



