Prevertebral muscles

Prevertebral muscles
Transverse section of neck. Prevertebral muscles labeled in purple.
The anterior vertebral muscles.
Details
Nerve	C1-C8
Identifiers
FMA	32514
*Anatomical terms of muscle* [edit on Wikidata]

The prevertebral muscles are the muscles located between the prevertebral fascia (older definition) and the vertebral column, i.e., the longus capitis,^[1] longus colli,^[1] rectus capitis anterior, and rectus capitis lateralis^[2] muscles.

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Muscles of the neck

Cervical	Platysma Sternocleidomastoid Longus capitis Longus colli Scalene anterior middle posterior Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis lateralis muscle

Suboccipital	Rectus capitis posterior major minor Obliquus capitis inferior superior

Suprahyoid	Mylohyoid Stylohyoid Digastric Geniohyoid

Infrahyoid	Thyrohyoid Sternohyoid Sternothyroid Omohyoid

Pharynx	Pharyngeal constrictor superior middle inferior Stylopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus

Larynx	Cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid posterior lateral Arytenoid oblique arytenoid aryepiglottic transverse arytenoid Thyroarytenoid vocal thyroepiglottic

Trachea	Trachealis

Fasciae	Deep cervical fascia Pretracheal fascia Prevertebral fascia Investing layer Carotid sheath Alar fascia Palatine aponeurosis Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia Pharyngeal raphe

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Prevertebral muscles

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