💪 Trapezius

Brian Lee
Jun 06, 2025
Review Pending

Summary

Origins: Occipital bone; Spinous processes of 🦴 spine
Insertions: Clavicle; 📍 Acromion Process of scapula; Spine of 🦴 Scapula
Actions: Elevation, retraction, depression & upward rotation of scapula; Neck extension & lateral flexion

Illustrations

Richer Plate 54 — Richer, Plate 54

Trapezius animation small2 — Anatomography, CC BY-SA 2.1 JP, via Wikimedia Commons

Translations

Russian: Трапециевидная мышца (капюшонная)

Latissimus Dorsi and Trapezius Attachments

V	LD	TRZ
C1-C7		T
T1-T5		T
T6-T12	L	T

See also

💪 Deltoid

References

Wikipedia
📕 Goldfinger 1991, 148-150.
📕 Hale And Coyle 1977
- 20: Raphael. The left arm activates trapezius and other related muscles.
- 22: Raphael. Right arm bent, raised. “The trapezius moves over the superior angle of the scapula (E), which it holds against the rib cage, and then inserts into the spine
  1. and the acronmion process (N) of the scapula.”
- 28: Tiepolo. Left scapula retraction. Right scapula protraction.
- TODO 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 126, 128, 130, 182, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 247, 250, 251, 252.