Upper Cross Syndrome

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	tight - neck extensors	Origin	Insertion	Actions	Innervation	weak - neck flexors	Origin	Insertion	Actions	Innervation
2	Rectus capitis posterior major	Axis pr. Spin.	middle lin. Nuchalis inf. (occ.)	(b) EXT, (u) Homo-ROT \| head	suboccipitalis	Longus capitis	pr. Transv. C3-C6	pars Basilaris (occ.)	(b) FLX, (u) L. FLX, Homo-ROT \| head	C1-C4
3	Rectus capitis posterior minor	Atlas tuber. post.	inner lin. Nuchalis inf. (occ.)			Longus colli	C5-T3	Atlas-C6	(b) FLX, (u) L. FLX, Homo-ROT \| C	C2-C6
4	Obliquus capitis superior	Atlas pr. Transv.	middle lin. Nuchalis inf. (occ.)	(b) EXT, (u) L. FLX, Contra-ROT \| head		Rectus capitis anterior	Atlas pr. Transv.	pars Basilaris med. (occ.)	(b) FLX, (u) L. FLX, Homo-ROT \| head	C1 ventral ramus
5	Obliquus capitis inferior	Axis pr. Spin.	Atlas pr. Transv.	(b) EXT, (u) Homo-ROT \| Atl-Ax		Rectus capitis lateralis	Atlas pr. Transv.	pars Basilaris lat. (occ.)	(b) FLX, (u) L. FLX, Homo-ROT \| head	C1 ventral ramus
6	Trapezius pars Descendens	Occipitale + C1-7 proc. spinosi	Clavicula (lat. 3rd)	scapthor: elevation, lateral rot - h: side flex, oppos. rot.	Accessorius (cranial XI) + pl. Cervicalis direct branches (C2-4)	Scaleni			(b) FLX, (u) L. FLX \| C, raises the rib (inspiration)	C3-C6
7	Trapezius pars Descendens	Occipitale + C1-7 proc. spinosi	Clavicula (lat. 3rd)			anterior	pr. Transv. (ant.) C3-C6	rib 1 (ant.)
8	Levetor scapulae	C1-4 proc. transversi	Angulus superior	scapthor: elevation - h: side flexion	Dorsalis scapulae (C4-5)	medius	pr. Transv. (post) C3-C7	rib 1 (ant.-med.)
9	Splenius			(b) EXT	spinotransversal	porterior	pr. Transwv. (post) C5-C7	rib 2 (med.)
10	cervicis	pr. Spin. T3-T4 (under)	pr. Transv. C1-C2 (above)			tight - chest	Origin	Insertion	Actions	Innervation
11	capitis	pr. Spin. C3-T3 (under)	pr. Mastoideus (above)	head ext, l. flx, homo-rot		Pectoralis minor	3-5 ribs	proc. Coracoideus	scapthor: detraction, medial rot - inspiration	Pectorales medialis und lateralis (C6-T1)
12	weak - thoracic extensors	Origin	Insertion	Actions	Innervation	Pectoralis major				Pectorales medialis and lateralis (C5-T1)
13	Trapezius pars Transversa	T1-4 proc. spinosi	Acromion	scapthor: retraction	Accessorius (cranial XI) + pl. Cervicalis direct branches (C2-4)	pars Clavicularis	Clavicula (med. shaft)	Crista tuberculi major (ventr.)	gh: ADD, INT ROT, FLEX - inspiration
14	Trapezius pars Ascendens	T5-12 proc. spinosi	Spina scapulae	scapthor: retraction, detraction, lateral rot		pars Sternocostalis	Sternum + 2-6 ribs (cartilage)
15	Rhombideus minor	C6-7 proc. spinosi	Margo medialis (ubove and below the spina)	scapthor: retraction, medial rot., elevation	Dorsalis scapulae (C4-5)	pars Abdominalis	Lamina anterior of the rectus sheath
16	Rhomboideus major	T1-4 proc. spinosi			Dorsalis scapulae (C4-5)
17	Serratus anterior			entire muscle: scapthor: protraction - inspiration	Thoracicus longus (C5-7)
18	pars superior	1-9 ribs	Angulus superior	-----
19	pars intermedia		Margo medialis	-----
20	pars inferior		Angulus inferior + margo medialis	scapthor: lateral rot.
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