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Posterolateral view of posterior neck muscles

Posterolateral view of posterior neck muscles — Muscles
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Posterolateral view of posterior neck muscles. Posterior view of the neck.

Region
neck
Structure
posterior triangle
View
posterior
System
muscle, bone
Focus
posterior neck muscles, splenius capitis, semispinalis capitis, erector spinae cervical muscles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Transversus nuchae
  • Splenius capitis x
  • Splenius capitis
  • Semispinalis capitis
  • Sternocleido- mastoid
  • Splenius cervicis x
  • Longissimus capitis
  • Longissimus cervicis
  • Scalenus posterior
  • Iliocostalis cervicis
  • Rib II

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.