Mastering Muscles & Movement © 2007 Chapter 5 – Muscles That Move the Axial Skeleton 123 Neck, Head 7 Muscle Group 7 – Muscles that move the neck and head are illustrated as a group on this page. The following four pages have tables and figures that describe each muscle individually, and provide many ways of comparing and contrasting the muscles to each other. Attachment sites for all muscles in Group 7 Origins are red Insertions are blue Base of Skull – Inferior View Upper Trapezius Semispinalis Capitis Splenius Capitis Splenius Cervicis Levator Scapula Suboccipital Group Upper Trapezius Sternocleidomastoid Splenius Capitis Splenius Cervicis Levator Scapula Suboccipital Group Semispinalis Capitis Levator Scapula Splenius Capitis Semispinalis Capitis Scalenes Scalenes Splenius Cervicis Splenius Capitis Splenius Cervicis Semispinalis Capitis Trapezius Longissimus Capitis (see Muscle Group 8) Splenius Capitis Digastric Sternocleidomastoid Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor Rectus Capitis Posterior Major Oblique Capitis Superior Suboccipital Group: Note : Some of the muscles in this group use reversed O/I actions. Stylohyoid Masseter Temporalis Lateral Pterygoid Medial Pterygoid (foramen magnum) (occipital condyle) Rectus Capitis Lateralis Rectus Capitis Anterior Longus Capitis (see Muscle Group 6, p. 115) (inferior nuchal line) (superior nuchal line) www.musclesandmovement.com