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        | Latissimus dorsi   origin: spinous processes of thoracic T7-L5, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest and inferior 3 or 4 ribs, inferior angle of scapula   insertion:  floor of intertubercular groove of the humerus   |  | 
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        | Trapezius   Origin: 
|  | external occipital protuberance, nuchal ligament, medial superior nuchal line, spinous processes of vertebrae C7-T12 |    Insertion: posterior border of the lateral third of the clavicle, acromion process, and spine of scapula |  | 
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        | Rhomboid major   origin: 
|  | spinous processes of the T2 to T5 vertebrae |    insertion: medial border of the scapula, inferior to the insertion of rhomboid minor muscle |  | 
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        | Rhomboid minor   origin: 
|  | nuchal ligaments and spinous processes of C7–T1 |    insertion: medial border of scapula |  | 
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        | Teres major   origin: 
|  | posterior aspect of the inferior angle of the scapula |    insertion: medial lip of the intertubercular sulcus of the humerus |  | 
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        | Teres minor   origin: 
|  | lateral border of the scapula |    insertion: inferior facet of greater tubercle of the humerus |  | 
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        | Supraspinatus   origin: 
|  | supraspinous fossa of scapula |    insertion: superior facet of greater tubercle of humerus |  | 
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        | Infraspinatus   origin: 
|  | infraspinous fossa of the scapula |    insertion: middle facet of greater tubercle of the humerus |  | 
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        | Subscapularis   origin: subscapular fossa   insertion: lesser tubercle of humerus |  | 
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        | Levator scapulae   origin: 
|  | Posterior tubercles of transverse processes of C1 - C4 vertebrae |    insertion: Superior part of medial border of scapula |  | 
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        | Splenius capitis   origin: Ligamentum nuchae, spinous process of C7-T3   insertion: Mastoid process of temporal and occipital bone   Splenius cervicis   origin: spinous processes of T3-T6   insertion: transverse processes of C1-C3 |  | 
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        | Semispinalis capitis   origin: Transversal process of lower cervical and higher thoracal columna   insertion: Area between superior and inferior nuchal line   Semispinalis cervicis   origin: 
|  | transverse processes of the upper five or six thoracic vertebræ |    insertion: cervical spinous processes, from the axis to the fifth   Semispinalis dorsi   origin: transverse processes of the sixth to the tenth thoracic vertebræ   insertion: spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae |  | 
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        | Serratus posterior superior   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 |  | 
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        | Serratus posterior inferior   origin: vertebrae T11 - L2   insertion: the inferior borders of the 9th through 12th ribs |  | 
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        | Greater occipital nerve   origin: dorsal primary ramus of cervical spinal nerve 2   course: ascends after emerging from the suboccipital triangle between the inferior oblique and semispinalis capitis muscle; passes through the trapezius muscle and ascends to innervate the skin along the posterior part of the scalp to the vertex |  | 
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        | Longissimus thoracis   origin: posterior surfaces of the transverse processes and the accessory processes of the lumbar vertebræ, and to the anterior layer of the lumbodorsal fascia   insertion: tips of the transverse processes of all the thoracic vertebræ, and by fleshy processes into the lower nine or ten ribs between their tubercles and angles   Longissimus cervicis   origin: summits of the transverse processes of the upper four or five thoracic vertebræ   insertion: posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae from the second to the sixth   Longissimus capitis   origin: transverse processes of the upper four or five thoracic vertebræ, and the articular processes of the lower three or four cervical vertebrae   insertion: posterior margin of the mastoid process |  | 
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        | Iliocostalis   origin: Sacrum/Illiac Crest/Spinous Processes of lower lumbar/thoracic vertebrae   insertion: ribs |  | 
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