Cervical Muscles Flashcards by Holly Laing

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Sternocleidomastoid

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Extends and rotates head and flexes vertebral column

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Scalenus

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Flexes and rotates neck

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Spinalis cervicis

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Extends and rotates head

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Spinalis capitus

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Extends and rotates head

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Semispinalis cervicis

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Extends and rotates vertebral column

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Semispinalis capitus

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Rotates head and pulls backward

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Splenius cervicis

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Extends vertebral column

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Longus colli cervicis

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Flexes cervical vertebrae

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Longus capitus

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Flexes head

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Rectus capitus anterior

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Flexes head

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Rectus capitus lateralis

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Bends head laterally

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Iliocostalis cervices

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Extends cervical vertebrae

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Longissimus cervices

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Extends cervical vertebrae

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Longissimus capitus

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Rotates head and pulls backward

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Rectus capitus posterior major

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Extends and rotates head

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Rectus capitus posterior minor

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Extends head

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Obliquus capitus inferior

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Rotates atlas

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Obliquus capitus superior

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Extends and bends head laterally