Muscles of neck
Musculi colli
- Latin synonym: Musculi cervicales
Definition
The muscles of neck are :
- Platysma
- Longus colli
- Longus capitis
- Scalenus anterior; Anterior scalene
- Scalenus medius; Middle scalene
- Scalenus posterior; Posterior scalene
- Scalenus minimus; Scalenus minimus muscle
- Sternocleidomastoid
- Suboccipital muscles
- Rectus capitis anterior
- Rectus capitis lateralis
- Rectus capitis posterior major
- Rectus capitis posterior minor
- Obliquus capitis superior
- Obliquus capitis inferior
- Suprahyoid muscles
- Digastric
- Stylohyoid
- Mylohyoid
- Geniohyoid
- Infrahyoid muscles
- Sternohyoid
- Omohyoid
- Sternothyroid
- Thyrohyoid
- Levator glandulae thyroideae;
- Pharyngeal muscles; Muscle layer of pharynx
- Laryngeal muscles
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
