Muscles / Head & neck
Rectus capitis anterior
- Head & neck
- Neck
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Anterior surface of the lateral mass of the atlas
- Insertion
- Basilar part of the occipital bone, anterior to the occipital condyle
- Nerve
- Branches from the loop between C1 and C2 (C1-C2)
Actions
- Flexes the head at the atlanto-occipital joint
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e