This muscle is deep in the anterolateral surface of the neck.
It has two heads and is the PRIME MOVER of active HEAD FLEXION.
Actions: tilts or laterally flexes the head to opposite shoulder (of the muscle), lifting head when one lays in supine position, flexion of the neck.
Note: The Sternocleidomastoid can be seen in this figure as the left, double headed muscle. This is the same image we have in out textbooks
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