Sunday, March 15, 2015
63 Scalene Muscles
The scalene muscles are a group of three pairs of muscles in the lateral neck, namely the scalenus anterior, scalenus medius, and scalenus posterior.
They are innervated by the spinal nerves C4-C6.
The Scalenus anterior (Scalenus anticus), also known as anterior scalene muscle, lies deeply at the side of the neck, behind the Sternocleidomastoideus.
It arises from the anterior tubercles
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