Rectus capitis lateralis muscle

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Rectus capitis lateralis muscle
The anterior vertebral muscles.
Gray's subject #113
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Nerve: C1
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For the muscle of the eye, see Lateral rectus muscle

The Rectus capitis lateralis, a short, flat muscle, arises from the upper surface of the transverse process of the atlas, and is inserted into the under surface of the jugular process of the occipital bone.

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Muscles of the HeadNeckTrunkUpper limbLower limbLIST OF ALL MUSCLES
SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL: platysma | (Gray's s110)

LATERAL CERVICAL: sternocleidomastoid | (Gray's s111)

SUPRAHYOID: digastric | stylohyoid | mylohyoid | geniohyoid - INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid | sternothyroid | thyrohyoid | omohyoid | (Gray's s112)

VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli | longus capitis | rectus capitis anterior | rectus capitis lateralis (Gray's s113)

LATERAL: scalenus anterior | scalenus medius | scalenus posterior | (Gray's s114)