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Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Neck Muscles
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Neck Muscles

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Neck Muscles  

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Note

  • restrict to muscles of the neck as specified by MeSH definition: do not use for or include muscles of organs located in the neck, as the larynx (LARYNGEAL MUSCLES) or pharynx (PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES); /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent

Scope note

  • The neck muscles consist of the platysma, splenius cervicis, sternocleidomastoid(eus), longus colli, the anterior, medius, and posterior scalenes, digastric(us), stylohyoid(eus), mylohyoid(eus), geniohyoid(eus), sternohyoid(eus), omohyoid(eus), sternothyroid(eus), and thyrohyoid(eus).

History note

  • 91(79); was see under MUSCLES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009334

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