MuscleHead and neck

Anterior scalene muscle

musculus scalenus anterior

[CHECK: the action column of table 9-4 came out illegible in the OCR] Usually described as a lateral flexor of the neck and elevator of the 1st rib in forced inspiration, like the other scalenes.

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Related clinical cases

Dyspnea and accessory respiratory muscles

Other structures in this region

Platysma
Sternocleidomastoid muscle
Longus colli muscle
Longus capitis muscle
Rectus anterior capitis muscle
Rectus lateralis capitis muscle
Scalenus medius muscle
Posterior scalene muscle