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Attachments: The body of the atlas, the basilar pro 

 cess of the occipital. Action : Cooperates to flex tlio 

 head. 



9. Small lateral straight. — Synonyms. Atloido- 

 styloideuSj (G). Obliqnus capitis anticus, (P). Attach- 

 ment : To the atlas, tlie styloid process of the occipital. 

 Action : Congener of the other straight muscles. 



10. Scalenus — Synonyms. Costo-tracheleus, (G). 

 Attachments : The transverse processes of the four last 

 cervical vertebrae, the superior extremity, anterior bor- 

 der and external face of the first rib. Action : Flexes 

 the neck directly or to one side, or acts as an assistant 

 to respiration. 



11. Long muscle of the neck. — Synonyms. Sub- 

 dorso-atloideus, (G). Longus colli. (P). Dorso-at- 

 loideus, (L). Attachments : The body of tiie first six 

 dorsal vertebrae, tlie transverse processes, and the in- 

 ferior spinous processes of tlie first six cervical verte- 

 brae, the tubercle of the inferior face of tlie atlas. 

 Action : Flexor of the neck and of the cervical verte- 

 brae individually. 



SPLAMH^OLOGY. 



Trachea. — Cartilaginous tube extending from tlie 

 larynx to the base of the heart, whore it divides into 

 the right and left bronchia. Form : Cylindroid, slightly 



