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so, in anatomy lab, we learned that there are two big superficial back muscles: Latissimus dorsi and trapezius. (These are enough to keep an anatomically-savvy person busy in the gym for quite a while, never mind working the rhomboids too.
Ah, but then we learned that there's a layer of muscles under those: A big sheet of muscle with three different sections that goes from your pelvis to your neck, known as the iliocostalis, longissimus, and semispinalis. I saw those. I remember them. They looked like honkin' big sheets of muscle that were just the thing to haul your heavy torso around or keep you upright.
Ah, but now we have biomechanics and orthopedics, and to my vast surprise, I learn that there are yet more back muscles hiding between the transverse processes of each vertebrae: The spinalis, multifidus, rotator longus, and rotator brevis, to be exact.
Result: Now I want my cadaver back so I can see those muscles and where they go. Annabelle, we're not done yet.... I need your help....I know you have those muscles, honey.... come back!
alas-- Annabelle the Cadaver has gone to her final reward-- the lab's been cleaned up and she's been cremated, body bag and all. No help there, and the next class doesn't start Anatomy until February. Sigh....
Wait!
I know the Anatomy professor does wound care experiments that involve cadavers, 'cause I noticed she got a new one when there was about a month of class left to go. I wonder if she'd let me take a look. I want to see these muscles where they live.
Ah, but then we learned that there's a layer of muscles under those: A big sheet of muscle with three different sections that goes from your pelvis to your neck, known as the iliocostalis, longissimus, and semispinalis. I saw those. I remember them. They looked like honkin' big sheets of muscle that were just the thing to haul your heavy torso around or keep you upright.
Ah, but now we have biomechanics and orthopedics, and to my vast surprise, I learn that there are yet more back muscles hiding between the transverse processes of each vertebrae: The spinalis, multifidus, rotator longus, and rotator brevis, to be exact.
Result: Now I want my cadaver back so I can see those muscles and where they go. Annabelle, we're not done yet.... I need your help....I know you have those muscles, honey.... come back!
alas-- Annabelle the Cadaver has gone to her final reward-- the lab's been cleaned up and she's been cremated, body bag and all. No help there, and the next class doesn't start Anatomy until February. Sigh....
Wait!
I know the Anatomy professor does wound care experiments that involve cadavers, 'cause I noticed she got a new one when there was about a month of class left to go. I wonder if she'd let me take a look. I want to see these muscles where they live.
