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Muscles

Complete muscle reference, origins, insertions, nerve supply, actions, clinical notes, and common injuries.

45 muscles

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Muscle Rectus Capitis Anterior musculus rectus capitis anterior Neck The rectus capitis anterior is one of the prevertebral muscles lying directly on the anterior atlantooccipital… Muscle Rectus Capitis Posterior Major musculus rectus capitis posterior major Neck The rectus capitis posterior major is the larger of the two rectus capitis posterior muscles, forming… Muscle Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor musculus rectus capitis posterior minor Neck The rectus capitis posterior minor is the deepest and most medial of the suboccipital muscles, lying… Muscle Scalenes musculi scaleni Neck The scalenes are a group of three muscles on the lateral neck connecting the cervical transverse… Muscle Scalenus Anterior musculus scalenus anterior Neck The scalenus anterior is the most important of the three scalene muscles clinically, dividing the posterior… Muscle Scalenus Medius musculus scalenus medius Neck The scalenus medius is the largest and most posterior scalene, forming the posterior wall of the… Muscle Scalenus Minimus musculus scalenus minimus Neck The scalenus minimus is a small and inconstant muscle present in approximately 36 percent of people,… Muscle Scalenus Posterior musculus scalenus posterior Neck The scalenus posterior is the smallest and deepest of the three scalene muscles, running from the… Muscle Semispinalis Capitis musculus semispinalis capitis Neck The semispinalis capitis is the largest of the deep cervical muscles, forming a thick cylindrical mass… Muscle Semispinalis Cervicis musculus semispinalis cervicis Neck The semispinalis cervicis is the cervical component of the transversospinalis group, bridging from the upper thoracic… Muscle Splenius Capitis musculus splenius capitis Neck The splenius capitis is a broad, strap-like muscle on the posterolateral neck running obliquely from the… Muscle Splenius Cervicis musculus splenius cervicis Neck The splenius cervicis lies deep to the splenius capitis, running from the mid-thoracic spinous processes to… Muscle Sternocleidomastoid musculus sternocleidomastoideus Neck The sternocleidomastoid (SCM) is the large, oblique strap muscle that forms the prominent cord visible on… Muscle Sternocleidomastoid musculus sternocleidomastoideus Neck The sternocleidomastoid is the dominant muscle of the anterior neck, dividing the neck into anterior and… Muscle Sternohyoid musculus sternohyoideus Neck The sternohyoid is the most superficial of the infrahyoid strap muscles, running from the sternum and… Muscle Sternothyroid musculus sternothyroideus Neck The sternothyroid is a strap muscle connecting the sternum directly to the thyroid cartilage, depressing the… Muscle Stylohyoid musculus stylohyoideus Neck The stylohyoid connects the styloid process to the hyoid bone, elevating and retracting the hyoid during… Muscle Stylopharyngeus musculus stylopharyngeus Neck The stylopharyngeus is the only muscle in the head supplied exclusively by the glossopharyngeal nerve, making… Muscle Superior Pharyngeal Constrictor musculus constrictor pharyngis superior Neck The superior constrictor forms the upper pharyngeal wall and produces Passavant's ridge — a transverse ridge… Muscle Thyroarytenoid musculus thyroarytenoideus Neck The thyroarytenoid is the bulk of the true vocal fold, whose medial fibres form the vocalis… Muscle Thyrohyoid musculus thyrohyoideus Neck The thyrohyoid connects the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone and is unique among the infrahyoid…