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Deep neck muscles.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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Deep neck muscles

a) Sphenoid bone, body.
b) Temporal bone, petrous portion.
c) Atlas, anterior tubercle.
d) Atlas, transverse process.
e) Vertebra, first thoracic.
f) Rib, first.
g) Rib, second.

  1. m. longus colli.
  2. m. rectus capitis anterior major.
  3. m. rectus capitis anterior minor.
  4. m. rectus capitis lateralis.
  5. m. anterior scalene.
  6. m. middle scalene.
  7. m. posterior scalene.
  8. mm. intertransversarii.
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