Vertebral

artery

7 Muscles

Joints of Neck

1.

2.

3.

4.

Middle part

Upper 3

Cervical

&

Lower 3

Thoracic

Vertebra

Upper part

Ant% Tubercle

Of Transverse

Process Of

C-3

C-4

C-5

Lower part

Upper 2 -3

Thoracic

Vertebra

Middle Part

Bodies Of The

C-3

C-4 Vertebrae

Upper Part

Anterior Tubercle Of

Atlas

ORIGIN INSERTION

Anterior Tubercle Of

The Transverse

Process Of The

C-3

C-4

C-5

C-6

Vertebrae

Inferior Surface Of

The Basilar Part Of

The Occipital Bone

Origin

Anterior Surface Of

Lateral Mass Of

Atlas

Root Of Transverse

Process Of Atlas

Insertion

Inferior Surface Of

The Jugular Process

Of Occipital Bone

NERVE SUPPLY

VENTRAL RAMUS OF

THE C-1

(SUBOCCIPITAL

NERVE)

AND MAY C-2

Action

Flexes The Head

NERVE SUPPLY ACTION

ORIGIN

Spinous Process

Transverse Process

Sacrum

Ilium

Ribs Near The Vertebrae

on the spines of the

last four thoracic vertebrae

Posterior Branch Of

Spinal Nerve

ACTION

Extension Of

Vertibral Coloumn

Lateral Flexion