Action: Elevates scapula; Downwardly rotates scapula Origin - Transverse processes of C1-C4Insertion - Vertebral border of the scapula Innervation - Dorsal scapular nerve (C5); the upper part of the muscle receives branches of C3 & C4

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Action: Elevates scapula; Downwardly rotates scapula
Origin - Transverse processes of C1-C4
Insertion - Vertebral border of the scapula
Innervation - Dorsal scapular nerve (C5); the upper part of the muscle receives branches of C3 & C4