Figure neck muscles

Figure neck muscles: A - rear view, B - right view

Short neck muscles
Subboccipital muscles

  1. Upper oblique head muscle
    Obliquus muscle
    superior capitis
  2. Lower oblique head muscle
    M. obliquus capitis inferior
  3. Big rear
    head straight muscle -
    Rectus capitis muscle
    posterior major
  4. Small back
    head straight muscle -
    Rectus capitis muscle
    posterior minor
  5. Lower neckline -
    Linea nuchalis inferior
  6. Occiput -
    Occipital bone
  7. Suboccipital nerve
  8. Mastoid process -
    Mastoid process
  9. Transverse process -
    Transverse process
  10. Rear atlas hump -
    Posterior tubercle
  11. Spinous process -
    Spinous process
  12. Vertebral artery -
    Vertebral artery
  13. Second cervical vertebra
    (Lathe operator) -
    Axis
  14. First cervical vertebra
    (Carrier) -
    Atlas
  15. Lower jaw - Mandible

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