Back & Spine AND Suboccipital Region (1/2)

Dissector: Vertebral Column; Muscles of the Back; Vertebral Canal & Spinal Cord;
Suboccipital Region (DIS 115-125)
Bony Landmarks- Vertebral Column

N 2, 5, 9, 12, 13, 142-144, 161-162

MUSCLES OF THE BACK

General Remarks --Muscles of the back
superficial group
intermediate group
deep group

DIS117; N 160-162

Greater occipital nerve

Occipital artery
Dorsal primary rami of spinal nerves
Superficial Muscle Group
Trapezius
superior portion
middle portion
inferior portion
Spinal accessory nerve
Latissimus Dorsi
Rhomboideus major (pl. rhomboids major)
Rhomboideus minor (pl. rhomboids minor)
Levator scapulae

N163-164
N164
N156 ,163
N160

N163
N160 ,399
N399
N399
N160

Intermediate Muscle Group

Serratus posterior superior
Serratus posterior inferior

N160
N160

Deep Muscle Group

Splenius capitis & cervicis
Semispinalis capitis
Erector spinae (sacrospinalis)
iliocostalis (cervicis, thoracis, lumborum) lateral
longissimus (capitis, cervicis, thoracis) middle
spinalis (capitis, cervicis, thoracis) medial
Transversospinalis
semispinalis (capitis, cervicis, thoracis)
multifidus
rotatores
VERTEBRAL CANAL AND SPINAL CORD
Supraspinous ligament
interspinous ligmanet
ligamentum flabum
lamina
intervetebral foramen
Spinal membranes
epidural (or extradural) space
dural sac
dura mater
arachnoid mater
subarachnoid space
pia mater (coating spinal cord)

N160
N162
N161

N162

N146-148, 155-156

by johnny carotid and dick azygosman

Back & Spine (2/2)

Spinal Cord
denticulate ligaments
ventral & dorsal roots
intervertebral foramen
cervical enlargement of spinal cord (C3-T2)
lumbar enlargement of spinal cord (T9-T12) (vertebral levels, not spinal cord levels)
conus medullaris
filum terminale
cauda equina
Know the relationship of the following to the spinal cord:
nerve plexuses (brachial, lumbar, sacral)
N148
spinal nerves
N148-149
dermatomes
N150
myotomes
sypmathetic chain
N152, 179, 198, 241
vertebrae
N149
Review the articulated vertebral column
intervertebral disc between L4 nd L5 (prone to injury)
SUBOCCIPITAL REGION
Bony Landmarks
See syllabus

N5

Suboccipital Triangle
N162-164
semispinalis capitis muscle
greater occiptial nerve (dorsal ramus of C2)
suboccipital triangle (3 muscles)
obliquus capitis inferior
obliquus capitis superior
rectus capitis posterior major
suboccipital nerve (dorsal ramus of C1)
vertebral artery
foramina transversaria
posterior arch of the atlas assoc. w/ atlanto-occipital membrane
N14