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Shoulder

Nerve and blood supply to left trapezius muscle

Image #93-1

KEYWORDS: Neuralnetwork, Peripheral nervous system, Shoulder, Vasculature.

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Shoulder
Nerve and blood supply to left trapezius muscle
The muscle has been reflected laterally from its origin. The underlying fascia remains intact.
  1. Origins of muscle trapezius (cut across)
  2. Superficial fascia (deep lamina of external layer)
  3. Accessory nerve (XI)
  4. Trapezius muscle (reflected laterally)
  5. Acromion of scapula
  6. Branch of superficial transverse artery to trapezius (divided)
  7. Deltoid muscle
  8. Lateral brachial cutaneous nerve
  9. Intercostobrachial nerve (displaced upwards)
  10. Teres major muscle
  11. Triceps brachii muscle
  12. Spinous process vertebrae C. VII
  13. Trapezius muscle
  14. Rhomboid major muscle
  15. Sacrospinalis muscle (beneath lumbodorsal fascia)
  16. Triangle of auscultation
  17. Latissimus dorsi muscle