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Muscles of Neck
neck muscles
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2011

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Term
Sternocleidomastoid
Definition

O: manubrium and medial 1/3 of clavicle

 

I: mastoid process (temporal) and lateral 1/2 of superior nuchal line (occipital)

 

A: lateral movement of neck and rotation of head

Term
Splenius Capitis
Definition

O: Spinous process C7-T4

 

I: sup. nuchal line + mastoid process

 

A: extension/hyperextension of head; secondarily contraction and flexion/rotation of head and neck

Term
Scalenes
Definition

O: transverse process C1-C7

 

I: superior angle to medial border of scapula

 

A: Elevation of 1st Rib

Term

levator scapulae

Definition

O: transverse process of C1-C4

I: superior angle to medial border of scapula

A: elevation of scapula 

Term

 

digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid, hyoglossus

 

Definition

 

A: elevation of hyoid

 

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