Cervical Muscles Flashcards
Sternocleidomastoid
Extends and rotates head and flexes vertebral column
Scalenus
Flexes and rotates neck
Spinalis cervicis
Extends and rotates head
Spinalis capitus
Extends and rotates head
Semispinalis cervicis
Extends and rotates vertebral column
Semispinalis capitus
Rotates head and pulls backward
Splenius cervicis
Extends vertebral column
Longus colli cervicis
Flexes cervical vertebrae
Longus capitus
Flexes head
Rectus capitus anterior
Flexes head
Rectus capitus lateralis
Bends head laterally
Iliocostalis cervices
Extends cervical vertebrae
Longissimus cervices
Extends cervical vertebrae
Longissimus capitus
Rotates head and pulls backward
Rectus capitus posterior major
Extends and rotates head
Rectus capitus posterior minor
Extends head
Obliquus capitus inferior
Rotates atlas
Obliquus capitus superior
Extends and bends head laterally