Serratus posterior superior muscle

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Serratus posterior superior muscle
Latin	musculus serratus posterior superior
Gray's	subject #117 404
Origin:	nuchal ligament (or ligamentum nuchae) and the spinous processes of the vertebrae C7 through T3
Insertion:	the upper borders of the 2nd through 5th ribs
Blood:	intercostal arteries
Nerve:	2nd through 5th intercostal nerves
Action:	elevate the ribs which aids in inspiration

The Serratus posterior superior is a thin, quadrilateral muscle, situated at the upper and back part of the thorax.

It arises by a thin and broad aponeurosis from the lower part of the ligamentum nuchae, from the spinous processes of the seventh cervical and upper two or three thoracic vertebræ and from the supraspinal ligament.

Inclining downward and lateralward it becomes muscular, and is inserted, by four fleshy digitations, into the upper borders of the second, third, fourth, and fifth ribs, a little beyond their angles.

[edit] References

• Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th ed. Keith L. Moore and Arthur F. Dalley.
• Board Review Series: Gross Anatomy, 4th ed. Kyung Won Chung.

[edit] See also

• Serratus anterior muscle
• Serratus posterior inferior muscle

[edit] External links

• LUC sps
• Dictionary at eMedicine Serratus+posterior+superior
• SUNY Figs 01:05-02 - "Intermediate layer of the extrinsic muscles of the back, deep muscles."

Muscles of the Head — Neck — Trunk — Upper limb — Lower limb— LIST OF ALL MUSCLES

BACK: splenius: (capitis | cervicis) | erector spinae (iliocostalis | longissimus | spinalis) | latissimus dorsi| transversospinales: (semispinalis dorsi | semispinalis cervicis | semispinalis capitis | multifidus | rotatores) | interspinales | intertransversarii | (Gray's s115) SUBOCCIPITAL: rectus capitis posterior (major, minor) | obliquus capitis (inferior, superior) | (Gray's s116) CHEST: intercostales (external, internal, innermost) | subcostales | transversus thoracis | levatores costarum | serratus posterior (inferior, superior) | diaphragm | (Gray's s117) ABDOMEN: obliques (external, internal) | transversus abdominis | rectus abdominis | pyramidalis | cremaster | quadratus lumborum | (Gray's s118) PELVIS: levator ani (iliococcygeus, pubococcygeus, puborectalis) | coccygeus | (Gray's s119) PERINEUM: sphincter ani (externus, internus) | superficial perineal pouch (transversus perinei superficialis | bulbospongiosus | ischiocavernosus) | deep perineal pouch (transversus perinei profundus, sphincter urethrae membranaceae) | (Gray's s120)

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