Muscle Groups According to Innervation

R.Schleip 1998

It is helpful to know which muscles are related with each other according to their comon nerve supply from the spinal cord. You may think of muscles within such an innervation group as belonging to the same ancestral family. They share the same embryological origin and history, and are regulated via the same neural communication pathways. Talking to one family member then often affects the whole group.This is specially important for structural bodyworkers which often tend to think only along mechanical transmission lines.

Lower Girdle

Lumbar Plexus Quadratus lumborum Psoas	Femoral Nerve Iliacus Pectineus Sartorius Quadriceps
Obturator Nerve Adductors (except for the Pectineus and the long tendinous portion of the Add. Magn.) Obturator externus	Gluteal Nerves Gluteals (maj, med., min) Tensor fasciae latae.
Tibial Nerve Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus Biceps fem. long head Long tendinous portion of Add. Magn. Popliteus Triceps surae Tib.post., Fl.dig.long., Fl.hal.long.	Sacral Plexus Piriformis Obturator internus Gemelli sup.&i nf. Quadratus femoris Levator ani
Common Peroneal Nerve · Short head of Biceps femoris · Tib.ant., Ext.dig.long., Ext. hal.long · Ext.dig.brev., Ext.hal.brev. · Peroneus longus & brevis

Upper Girdle

Musculocutaneus Nerve Biceps br. Brachialis Coracobrach. Pronator quadr. Fl dig. Prof, Fl. poll.long.	Radial Nerve Triceps brachii Anconaeus Ext.carpi rad. br. & long. Brachioradialis Ext.dig., Ext.dig.min., Ext. carpi uln. Supinator Abd.poll. long & br. Ext. poll. long., Ext. indices
Median Nerve Fl. digit. superf. Fl. carpi radialis Palmaris longus	Axillary Nerve Deltoideus Teres Minor
Ulnar Nerve Fl.carpi uln. Fl. prof. dig.	Subscapular Nerve Subscapularis Teres Major Latissimus Dorsi