muscle group 7 – muscles that move the neck and head are...
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Mastering Muscles & Movement © 2007 Chapter 5 – Muscles That Move the Axial Skeleton 123
Neck, Head
7Muscle Group 7 – Muscles that move the neck and head are illustrated as a group on this page. The following four pages have tables and figures that describe each muscle individually, and provide many ways of comparing and contrasting the muscles to each other.
Attachment sites for all muscles in Group 7Origins are redInsertions are blue
Base of Skull – Inferior View
Upper Trapezius
SemispinalisCapitis
SpleniusCapitis
SpleniusCervicis
Levator Scapula
SuboccipitalGroup
Upper Trapezius
Sternocleidomastoid
SpleniusCapitis
SpleniusCervicis
Levator Scapula
SuboccipitalGroup
SemispinalisCapitis
Levator Scapula
SpleniusCapitis
Semispinalis Capitis
Scalenes Scalenes
SpleniusCervicis
SpleniusCapitis
SpleniusCervicis
Semispinalis CapitisTrapezius
Longissimus Capitis(see Muscle Group 8)
Splenius Capitis
Digastric
Sternocleidomastoid
Rectus Capitis Posterior MinorRectus Capitis Posterior MajorOblique Capitis Superior
Suboccipital Group:
Note: Some of the muscles in this group use reversedO/I actions.
Stylohyoid
MasseterTemporalis
Lateral PterygoidMedial Pterygoid
(foramen magnum)(occipital condyle)
Rectus Capitis Lateralis
Rectus Capitis Anterior
Longus Capitis
(see Muscle Group 6, p. 115)
(inferior nuchal line)(superior nuchal line)
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