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THE MUSCLES. 



with the posterior straight muscles of the head ; below, with the anterior 

 great straight muscle. 



Action. It pivots the atlas on the odontoid process of the axis ; it is, 

 therefore, the special rotator of the head. 



Fig. 104. 



CERVICAL LIGAMENT AND DEEP MUSCLES OF THE NECK. 



1. Lamellar portion of the cervical ligament; 2, Funicular portion; 3, 3, The 

 transversales muscle of the back and loins ; 4, 4, Transversales of the neck ; 5, 

 Posterior great straight muscle of the head ; 6, Small ditto ; 7, Great oblique 

 muscle of the head; 8, Small ditto; 9, 9, Intertransversales of the neck; 

 10, Anterior great straight muscle of the head; 11, Inferior scalenus muscle; 

 12, Superior ditto. 



9. Small Oblique. (Fig. 104, 8.) 



Synonyms. Atloido-mastoideus Girard. (Obliquus capitis superior Percivall 

 Lateral atloido-occipitalis of Leyh. Obliquus superior of Man.) 



A short, thick, quadrilateral, and strongly aponeurotic muscle. Its 

 fibres are fixed posteriorly origin to the lip bordering the transverse process 



