CLES 01 mi. 



t< bra to that of the next lo nd in the I 



they form paired structi Like the maj( f the i. 



ml the spino the epistroph< 



1 . intertransversarii Figs. 

 • 

 developed both in the cervical and in the lumbal lumn. I 



m the thoracic column, 

 [n the cervical ] 

 between the anterior and rior tuben 



th muscles are about equally d( d; the anterior ones in the an t< 



rather than in the nuchal n 



ie intertrai 'he lumbar n 



, running between the tr. ; ind th- 



hich extend between the md mammillary 



their fu rii i 



of t!. 



THE SHORT MUSCLES OF THE NECK. 



The short n Figs. 241 and ire the 1 the 



tits capitis lateralis, the obliquu 

 obliquus capiti 



Thi rectus capitis posterior major 



upward and outward, becoming much broader, and in- middle 



the inferior nuchal line oi th. ne. 



rectus capitis posterior minor lerablj than the ma 



-mall triangular muscle which arises by rt tend 



alia- b> the inner side of ami partly h the n 1". nil r third 



inferior nuchal I 1 ipital bone. 



Tin rectus capitis lateralis I the tr. 



into the jugular pr f the - .1 bone. U the u; 



sarius. 

 Tin obliquus capitis superior 1 . from the tr. the 



atlas, and runs to the outer third of the inferior muhal line oi th tendin- 



ous insertion partly covers the reel rior ma 



The obliquus capitis inferior I a ratlv which runs 



from tin spinous pi >f the epistropheus axis) to the tram ss of th 



thick in the middle and becomes narrow. :n and 



Thi- short : I the ni suboccipital ner 



The function of the head, dependent 



upon whether they act U] the head (nod.: the 



rectus lateralis inclines the head ie obliquus infer: rectus major rotate the head -ame 



direction and are opp< bliquus - 



