What are the muscles in the neck?

National Athletic Trainers' Association

There are many muscles in the neck. Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius are two of the biggest ones. Smaller neck muscles include the levator scapula and the scalenes.

(This answer provided for NATA by the University of Alabama Athletic Training Education Program.)

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Parts of the Muscular System

Your skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles work together to keep your body running like a machine. Within this muscular system there are various parts, from muscle fibers to ligaments. You may know about hamstrings, quadriceps and abdominal muscles, but there hundreds of muscles that move within your body. Some are involuntary, like parts of your digestive system, while you control others whenever you go for a walk or lift weights.

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