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Back of neck im pretty.sure....
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∙ 15y agoThe sternocleidomastiod. Theres one on each side of the neck going from your occipital bone (back of head) down to your clavical (collar bone).
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∙ 9y agoThree muscles are involved in turning the head to the right. They include the sternocleidomastoid, semisplenoious captious, and the splenius captious.
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∙ 13y agothe sternocleidomastoid, rectus muscle, longus muscle, and scalene muscles
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∙ 13y agoThe sternocleidomastiod
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∙ 12y agonothing at all
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What muscle pair turns the head toward the opposite shoulder?
A pair of large neck muscles called sternocleidomastoids is responsible for turning the head.
What is the function of the sternocleidomastiod muscle?
The sternocleidomastoid muscle, also known as sternomastoid and comonly abbreviated as SCM, is a paired muscle in the superficial layers of the anterior portion of the neck. It acts to flex and rotate the head.
What muscle turns head side to side?
The sternocleidomastiod. Theres one on each side of the neck going from your occipital bone (back of head) down to your clavical (collar bone).
What muscles is not a muscle of the head and neck?
Most of them.
Spasms of this straplike muscle often result in wryneck or torticollis?
The sternocleidomastoid muscle in the neck. Injury also called a wry neck.
What is the muscle on the side of the neck that flexes the head?
sternocleidomastoid
Does the sternomastoid muscle muscle control head movement?
The stenrocleidomastoid muscle bilaterally does neck extension, while unilaterally, they laterally flex the Neck to the same side of the muscle contracting, and rotates th neck to the contra lateral side. So if you rotate to the left, the right sternocleidomastoid muscle is working. The right stenrocleidomastoid will also cause right lateral flexion( side bending)
Where is the sternomastoid muscle located in cats?
Sternomastoid (cat) corresponds to the medial portion of the sternocleidomastoid (human).origin: manubrium and median raphe.insertion: lateral half of lambdoidal ridge and mastoid portion of temporal bone as far as the mastoid process.The sternomastoid muscle defines the anterior triangle of the neck. In humans it is the thick strap like muscle that turns the head to the left or right.
What is the prayer muscle?
; Sternocleidomastoid muscle - this branchiomeric muscle flexes the head (prayer muscles) when both left and right members contract. The neck twists or rotates when only one contracts. Its antagonist is the splenius capitis, a somatic muscle (which extends the head). Both these muscles act as 1st class levers.
What is the rectus capitis muscle action?
aids in flexion of the head and the neck
What does the brachiocephalicus muscle do?
The brachiocephalicus muscle extends the head and neck. It also pulls the front leg forward.
What are the origins for the muscle that pull the head down toward the chest?
The neck muscle is the muscle that pulls the head to the chest. This muscle is very important because, without it, the head would also not be able to move side to side or up.
