Posterior neck muscles

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Posterior neck muscles Image courtesy S Bhimji MD

Neck Muscles: The neck muscles are divided into four groups of muscles- Suboccipital MusclesSuprahyoid MusclesInfrahyoid MusclesScalene Muscles

No, I'm not talking about your boss, your homework, being stuck in traffic or even all the things on your to do list. I'm talking about the tightness between your shoulders that can cause pain up into your head, down your arms, sometimes in your chest and can even feel like a sharp pain deep in your inner ear. To explain how and why this happens, let me start with an anatomy lesson. The main muscle group involved is called the trapezius. It is so named due to its trapezoid shape, like a…

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Triangles of the neck are the topographic areas of the neck bounded by the neck muscles, The sternocleidomastoid muscle divides the neck into the two major neck triangles; which are the anterior triangle & the posterior triangle of the neck, each of them containing a few subdivisions, The neck triangles house all the neck structures, including glands, nerves, vessels, and lymph nodes.

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Different types of muscles in your neck are responsible for moving the head in all directions. Knowing your neck muscles can help diagnose your pain.

Transverse arytenoid: attach opposite posterior surface of the arytenoid cartilage. It draws arythenoid nearer to each other and adduct the vocal folds. Oblique arytenoid: pass from muscular process of one to the apex of the opposite arytenoid. Crosses each other on the posterior surface of the transverse arythenoid. It has the same action as the transverse. Some fibres continue from the arytenoid to the epiglottis which is the aryepiglottic muscle. Posterior cricoarytenoid: arise from...

Deltoid, pectoralis major and minor, suprascapularis, infrascapularis, subscapularis, levator scapulae,

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The anatomic and surgical point of view, the neck is an amazingly interesting place. It is like a connection where crucial functional…

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This is the first of a 4-part series discussing motor control deficits in the cervical spine. The focus is to broaden your knowledge about the deep stabilising muscles of the neck, how they are assessed and how to design rehabilitation programs beyond DNCF exercises. First up - a review of the clini

Muscles of Neck: Lateral View