Suboccipital muscles. Computer artwork of a frontal view of the base of the skull showing the suboccipital muscles (pink). The short vertical muscle (upper centre right) is the rectus capitis lateralis. To the left of this is the rectus capitis anterior. Both muscles are attached to the base of the skull (occipital bone) and the transverse process of the first vertebra of the spine (the atlas) and are responsible for flexing and rotating the head. To the right of the rectus capitis lateralis is the obliquus capitis superior,with the obliquus capitis inferior below it. These two muscles form a triangle with the rectus capitis posterior major and are responsible for extending and rotating the head | |
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