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  • Thumbnail for List of skeletal muscles of the human body
    In the present table, using statistical counts of the instances of each muscle, and ignoring gender-specific muscles, there are 753 skeletal muscles. Sometimes...
    138 KB (921 words) - 03:49, 31 July 2024
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    arteries and veins. Muscles of the neck are described separately from the compartments. They bound the neck triangles. In anatomy, the neck is also called...
    16 KB (1,888 words) - 22:31, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Infrahyoid muscles
    The infrahyoid muscles, or strap muscles, are a group of four pairs of muscles in the anterior (frontal) part of the neck. The four infrahyoid muscles...
    6 KB (435 words) - 10:22, 12 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scalene muscles
    The scalene muscles are a group of three muscles on each side of the neck, identified as the anterior, the middle, and the posterior. They are innervated...
    8 KB (955 words) - 13:13, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cat anatomy
    process of the sternum. The insertion is the humerus. In the cat there are three thin flat muscles that cover the back, and to a lesser extent, the neck. They...
    48 KB (6,025 words) - 21:01, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Torticollis
    painful neck muscles is by far the most common ('stiff neck') and will pass spontaneously in 1–4 weeks. Usually the sternocleidomastoid muscle or the trapezius...
    39 KB (4,520 words) - 21:30, 15 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Levator scapulae muscle
    of scapula and medial border of scapula inferiorly). One of the muscles within the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck, the superior part of levator...
    9 KB (959 words) - 15:23, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sternocleidomastoid muscle
    The sternocleidomastoid muscle is one of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles. The primary actions of the muscle are rotation of the head...
    12 KB (1,328 words) - 23:14, 10 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Facial muscles
    among other things, control facial expression. These muscles are also called mimetic muscles. They are only found in mammals, although they derive from...
    8 KB (586 words) - 15:53, 15 February 2024
  • There are 3 types of muscle, all found within the equine: Skeletal muscle: Contraction of these muscles leads to the muscle pulling a tendon, which in...
    19 KB (2,840 words) - 13:10, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anterior triangle of the neck
    chin. Investing fascia covers the roof of the triangle while visceral fascia covers the floor. Muscles: Suprahyoid muscles - Digastric (Ant and post belly)...
    3 KB (317 words) - 03:06, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Suprahyoid muscles
    The suprahyoid muscles are four muscles located above the hyoid bone in the neck. They are the digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid muscles...
    4 KB (304 words) - 16:18, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Muscles of mastication
    The four classical muscles of mastication elevate the mandible (closing the jaw) and move it forward/backward and laterally, facilitating biting and chewing...
    5 KB (410 words) - 20:15, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Triangles of the neck
    The triangles of the neck describe the divisions created by the major muscles in the region. The side of the neck presents a somewhat quadrilateral outline...
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    Rib cage (redirect from Neck of the ribs)
    vertebrae articulating with the ribs. The thoracic cage also provides attachments for extrinsic skeletal muscles of the neck, upper limbs, upper abdomen...
    28 KB (3,474 words) - 18:43, 23 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cervical fracture
    control. In the long term, physical therapy will be given to build strength in the muscles of the neck to increase stability and better protect the cervical...
    15 KB (1,515 words) - 21:47, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Splenius capitis muscle
    the mastoid process, and to the trapezius for its lower portion. It is one of the muscles that forms the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck....
    4 KB (350 words) - 13:30, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sternohyoid muscle
    The sternohyoid muscle is a bilaterally paired, long, thin, narrow strap muscle of the anterior neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It is innervated...
    7 KB (673 words) - 17:46, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stylohyoid muscle
    The stylohyoid muscle is one of the suprahyoid muscles. Its originates from the styloid process of the temporal bone; it inserts onto hyoid bone. It is...
    4 KB (436 words) - 17:45, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Omohyoid muscle
    The omohyoid muscle is a muscle in the neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. Its inferior...
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