TABLE 2. Summary of all neck muscles modelled in this paper.
 
 
Muscle Group
Figure
Muscle Colour
Sections
Branching
Muscle Function
  m. Trapezius (mTrap)
14
Purple
2
No
Holds or raises the head and some rotational control.
  m. Episternocleidomastoid (mEscm)
14
Red
2
No
Holds or raises the head and some rotational control.
  m. Clavicle Dorsalis (mClDo)
14
Peach
1
No
Holds or raises the head and some rotational control.
  m. Spinalis Capitis (nSpCa)
15
Green
3
No
Holds or raises the head.
  m. Axis-Supraoccipital (mAxSu)
16
Pink
3
No
Holds or raises the head.
  m. Rectus Capitis Posterior Superficialis (mReCaPS)
16
Bright Blue
2
No
Holds or raises the head and slight rotational control.
  m. Rectus Capitis Posterior Profundus (mReCaPP)
16
Light Blue
3
No
Holds or raises the head and rotational control.
  m. Obliquus Capitis Magnus (mReCaM)
16
Blue Gray
3
No
Rotational control with limited contribution to raising the head.
  m. Semispinalis Capitis (mSSpCa)
17
Brown
4
Yes
Holds or raises the head and rotational control.
  m. Longissimus Capitis Lateralis (mLCaL)
17
Violet Red
1
Yes
Rotational control.
  m. Longissimus Capitis Medialis (mLCaM)
17
Dark Red
2
No
Rotational control with limited contribution to raising the head.
  m. Longissimus Capitis Pars Transversalis Cervicus (mLCaPTCe)
18
Navy Blue
1
Yes
Lowering the head and some rotational control.
  m. Iliocostalis capitis (mlcosCa)
19
Bright Green
2
Yes
Lowering the head and some rotational control.
  m. Longus Colli (mLoCol)
20
Yellow
7
No
Lowering the head and some rotational control.