Summary
| Location: | In the upper back and neck, running from the base of the skull to the middle of the back, and out to the shoulders. |
Information
| Group: | Shoulder |
| Subgroup: | Trapezius |
| Side(s) of body: | Back, Front |
| Function/Action: | Scapular Elevator, Head Lateral Flexor |
Details
| Joint: | Scapulothoracic, Sternoclavicular, Cervical, Thoracic |
| Bone: | Scapula, Clavicle, Cervical Vertebrae, Thoracic Vertebrae |
| Origin: | Base of the skull (occipital bone) and the ligamentum nuchae, which is a fibrous structure in the neck. |
| Insertion: | Lateral third of the clavicle and the acromion process of the scapula (shoulder blade). |