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Head and Neck Muscles
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Neck Muscles

Muscles of the back and neck

Muscles of the back and neck

Muscles of the back and neck play an important role in maintaining posture and the movement of the head and neck.

This diagram depicts the back and neck muscles, the occipital bone, multifidus, first thoracic vertebrae, first lumbar vertebrae, first, second, and third rib, and first sacral vertebrae.

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