WEEK 2 - VC MUSCLES (JOINTS CROSSED, POSITION & ORIENTATION

Question 1

Iliocostalis (Position & Orientation)

Answer 1

Posterolateral to intervertebral joints Vertical orientation.

Question 1

Longissimus (Position & Orientation)

Answer 1

Posterior to IV joints
Vertical orientation.

Question 2

Multifidus Lumborum (Position & Orientation)

Answer 2

Posterior sacrum, Lumbar transverse process.
Lumbar spinous process.
Vertical orientation.

Question 3

Semispinalis Capitis (Position & Orientation)

Answer 3

Posterolateral to cervical IVJ’s
Vertical Orientation.

Question 4

Psoas Major (Position & Orientation)

Answer 4

Lateral to lumbar IVJ’s.
Anterior to hip joint.
Vertical orientation.

Question 5

Rectus Abdominis (Position & Orientation)

Answer 5

Anterior to IVJ’s
Vertical orientation.

Question 6

External Oblique (Position & Orientation)

Answer 6

Anterolateral to lumbar vertebrae.
Oblique orientation.

Question 7

Internal Oblique (Position & Orientation)

Answer 7

Anterolateral to lumbar vertebrae.
Horizontal orientation.

Question 8

Sternocleidomastoid (Position & Orientation)

Answer 8

Anterior to lower cervical.
Lateral to middle cervical.
Posterior to atlanto-occipital joint.
Oblique orientation.

Question 9

Splenius capitis (Position & Orientation)

Answer 9

Posterolateral to cervical IVJ’s and atlanto-occipital joint.
Vertical-Oblique orientation.

Question 10

Scalenes Group (Position & Orientation)

Answer 10

Oblique to upper cervical IVJ’s
Anterolateral to lower cervical IVJ’s