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Application Questions
100

What mm is deep to the spinalis m?

Semispinalis

100

What is the common action of the transversospinalis mm. group?

Contralateral rotation

100

What muscles comprise the erector spinae muscles?

  1. Iliocostalis

  2. Longissimus 

  3. Spinalis 

100

Which muscle spans 2-4 vertebrae before inserting?

multifidus 

100

A patient presents with difficulty extending the cervical portion of their back, lateral flexion of the head and ipsilateral rotation of the head. What muscle group is affected?

Splenius

200

What ILS mm is the most medial?

Spinalis

200

If the semispinalis contracts unilaterally what is the effect?

  1. Flexion of the head, and spine ipsilaterally

  2. Rotation to the contralateral side 

200

What muscles make up the transversospinalis muscles?

  1. Rotatores

  2. Multifidus

  3. Semispinalis 

200

Which muscle spans 4 to 6 vertebra between attachments?

Semispinalis m

200

A patient presents with low back pain, they state there is only ligaments involvement and was caused by extensive rotation and extension of the back. Is this a strain or a sprain?

  1. Sprain

300

What muscle is superficial to the rotatores but deep to the semispinalis?

multifidus

300

If the Interspinales were to contract unilaterally what is the effect?

Ipsilateral flexion of spine 

300

What are the 3 deepest mm of the back?

  1. Interspinales

  2. Intertransversarrii

  3. Levatores costarum

300

What muscle of the erector spinae has a cervical, capitis and thoracic segment?

Longissimus

300

A patient shows difficulty maintaining upright posture and leaning/reaching to their R side to pick up a cone. What muscle group is most likely injured?

  1. Erector Spinae 

400

What muscle will be present in the thoracic region of the vertebral column but nowhere else?

Rotatores m.

400

What is the unilateral action of the Multifidus?

  1. Ipsilateral flexion 

  2. contralateral rotation

400

What is the common innervation of all of the intrinsic back mm?

  1. Posterior rami

400

What group of muscles can be differentiated based on teh number of vertebrae the muscles span between attachments?

Transversospinalis

400

A patient is working on diaphragmatic breathing but is having trouble fully inhaling.  What serratus posterior muscle could we assume is affected?    

  1. Serratus Posterior Superior 

500

What muscle is the only intrinsic intermediate m. present in the Lumbar region?

Iliocostalis lumborum

500

What is the unilateral effect of the splenius capitis?

  1. Lateral flexion of the head 

  2. Ipsilateral rotation of the head 

500

What is the innervation of the serratus posterior mm.?

  1. Anterior rami of the adjacent intercostal nn. 

500

What muscles are between adjacent transverse processes?

intertransversarii mm.

500

Your patient had a spinal cord injury that affected the posterior rami of T6, which muscles could be affected?

  1. Iliocostalis

  2. Longissimus

  3. Spinalis 

  4. Semispinalis

  5. Rotatores

  6. Multifidus 

  7. Levatores Costarum 

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