BACK REGION BRACHIAL PLEXUS

- Extrinsic Muscles
o Act on the upper arm and thoracic wall
o 1st 3 layers
 Layer 1 (superficial)
 Trapezius
 Latissimus dorsi
 Layer 2 (superficial)
 Levator scapulae
 Rhomboid major
 Rhomboid minor
 Layer 3 (deep)
 Serratus posterior superior
 Serratus posterior inferior
- Intrinsic muscles
o Act on vertebral column
 Layer 4
 Spinotransversalis: Splenius muscles
(capitis, cervicis)
 Errector spinae: Iliocostalis, Longissimus,
Spinalis
 Transversospinalis: Semispinalis, multifidus,
rotatores
 Layer 5
 Intertransversarii muscles
 Interspinous muscles
 Levator costarum
 Suboccipital muscles