Deep muscles of the neck.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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a) Occipital bone.
b) Mastoid process.
c) Atlas, posterior tubercle.
d) Atlas, transverse process.
e) Axis, transverse process.
f) Axis, spinous process.
g) Vertebra (seventh cervical), spinous process.

1. m. rectus capitis posterior minor.
2. m. rectus capitis posterior major.
3. m. superior oblique capitis.
4. m. inferior oblique capitis.
5. m. interspinales.
6. m. multifidus (spinae), cervical.