Scm and trapezius meet on the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone.
Muscles forming floor of posterior triangle.
Bounded by the scm trapezius and middle third of the clavicle.
Scalene tubercle of inner border of 1st rib and near groove of subclavian a.
To better expose the floor of the triangle up of the posterior thoracic wall in the 6th and 7th intercostal space a patient is asked to fold their arms across their chest laterally rotating the scapulae while bending forward at the trunk somewhat resembling a fetal position.
It is split into two bellies by a tendon.
The inferior belly crosses the posterior triangle travelling in an supero medial direction and splitting the.
Scalenus posterior 5 m.
The suboccipital triangle has three boundaries contained between a floor and roof.
Muscles forming floor of post cerv triangle cont d anterior scalene hidden behind scm o.
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From superior to inferior 1 m.
This ligament is broad and extends from the posterior margin of the foramen magnum to the posterior arch of atlas.
A significant muscle in the posterior triangle region is the omohyoid muscle.
Courses from the hyoid bone en route to the scapula within the pretracheal fascia.
The floor of the posterior triangle is formed by the splenius muscles the levator scapula the three scalene muscles and the inferior belly of the omohyoid n26.
Typically the triangle of auscultation is covered by the scapula.
Semispinalis capitis 2 m.
Boundaries of posterior cervical triangle apex.
The posterior triangle of the neck contains many muscles which make up the borders and the floor of the area.
The following structures are superficial to the prevertebral tascia.
Interior belly ot the omohyoid muscle.
Levator scapulae 4 m.
The roof is formed by fascia and the floor is formed by the splenius capitus levator scapulae and scalene muscles.
Anterior tubercles of transverse proc.
Splenius capitis 3 m.
Muscles covered by the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia.
Suboccipital muscles and contents of the suboccipital triangle.
Floor posterior arch of atlas and posterior atlantooccipital membrane ligament.
The prevertebral fascia forms the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck figure 26 1c and d.
The posterior triangle is crossed about 2 5 cm above the clavicle by the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle which divides the space into two triangles.