Muscle lifting shoulder blade
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The muscle lifting the scapula (m. Levator scapulae) begins with tendon bundles on the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the upper three or four cervical vertebrae (between the attachment of the middle staircase in the front and the neck muscle in the back). Going down, the muscle is attached to the medial edge of the scapula, between its upper corner and the awn. In its upper third, it is covered by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and in the lower third by a trapezius muscle. Anterior to the muscle that lifts the scapula, pass the nerve to the rhomboid muscle and the deep branch of the transverse artery of the neck.
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Innervation
Dorsal nerve of scapula (CIV-CV).
Blood supply
Ascending cervical artery, transverse artery of neck.