THE DEEP NECK MUSCLES 



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dorsal vertebra. There are three sets of fibers: (a) Vertical 

 part, from the bodies of the lower two cervical and upper two 



FIG. 29 



The prevertebral muscles. 



or three dorsal; on its outer border it receives slips from the 

 lower three or four cervical transverse processes; inserted into 

 the bodies of the second, third, and fourth cervical vertebrae; 



