levator scapulae muscle

An axial muscle that originates in the cervical vertebraae inserts on the scapula. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the levator scapulae muscle is

An axial muscle that originates in the cervical vertebraae inserts on the scapula. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the levator scapulae muscle is

It sits within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the levator scapulae muscle connects to

The atlas records 11 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of organism subdivision.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: nerve of cervical vertebra.

Also called

Also recorded as levator scapulae, levator scapula, levator scapulae muscle, levator scapulæ and musculus levator scapulae. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0005461, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: organism subdivision.
• A kind of: muscle of shoulder, muscle of vertebral column, musculature, skeletal muscle organ, vertebrate and skeletal muscle tissue.
• Attaches to: cervical vertebra and scapula.
• Innervated by: nerve of cervical vertebra.
• inserts into: medial border of scapula.
• originates from: transverse process of vertebra.

Questions

Where is the levator scapulae muscle?

It sits within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the levator scapulae muscle connect to?

Part of: organism subdivision.

Is the levator scapulae muscle the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.