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The rectus capitis posterior major (or rectus capitis posticus major [citation needed]) is a muscle in the upper back part of the neck. It is one of the suboccipital muscles . Its inferior attachment is at the spinous process of the axis (Second cervical vertebra) ; its superior attachment is onto the outer surface of the occipital bone on and ...
The rectus capitis posterior minor (or rectus capitis posticus minor [citation needed]) is a muscle in the upper back part of the neck. It is one of the suboccipital muscles . Its inferior attachment is at the posterior arch of atlas ; its superior attachment is onto the occipital bone at and below the inferior nuchal line .
Rectus capitis posterior minor goes from the middle of the posterior arch of the atlas to the occiput. Obliquus capitis superior goes from the transverse process of the atlas to the occiput. Obliquus capitis inferior goes from the spine of the axis vertebra to the transverse process of the atlas. They are innervated by the suboccipital nerve.
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 by the third to the eighth cervical spinal nerves (C3-C8). The anterior and middle scalene muscles lift the first rib and bend the neck to the side they are on. The posterior scalene lifts the ...
Reverse crunches work your oblique muscles and the rectus abdominis, the pair of muscles that run vertically down the core and are responsible for giving your core that “six-pack” look.
Strengthening muscles that cause neck retraction: [37] [38] Lower cervical extensors: splenius cervicis, semispinalis cervicis, longissimus cervicis; Upper cervical (capital) flexors: longus capitis, Rectus capitis anterior, Suprahyoid muscles; Massage, to loosen adhesive fibrotic tethering of the posterior neck and upper trapezius muscles. [35]