Front Muscle Anatomy. From the back they begin just beneath the base of your skull and extend down near the middle of your back around your shoulder blades. SCM has a dual-innervation and multiple functions.
The sternocleidomastoid muscle SCM is one of more than 20 pairs of muscles that act on the neck. Anatomy Where are the neck muscles located. Your quadriceps are a group of four muscles located at the front of your thigh.
The longus capitis muscle Latin for long muscle of the head alternatively rectus capitis anticus major is broad and thick above narrow below and arises by four tendinous slips from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third fourth fifth and sixth cervical vertebræ and ascends converging toward its fellow of the opposite side to be inserted into the inferior.
The pes anserine is called the goosefoot and is the insertion point for the sartorius gracilis muscle and the semi-tendinosis muscle of the hamstring. It is a long bilateral muscle of the neck which functions to flex the neck both laterally and anteriorly as well as rotate the head contralaterally. Bones of the Canine Front Limb edit edit source The bones of the front limb are. The longus capitis muscle Latin for long muscle of the head alternatively rectus capitis anticus major is broad and thick above narrow below and arises by four tendinous slips from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third fourth fifth and sixth cervical vertebræ and ascends converging toward its fellow of the opposite side to be inserted into the inferior.