Neck Muscles - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

MRI study of the morphometry of the cervical musculature in F-16 pilots.

30 Jul 2009 INTRODUCTION: In fighter pilots neck muscle strengthening exercises are often recommended to protect the neck against pathologies. The aim of the current study was to compare the relative cross-sectional area (rCSA) and muscle:fat ratio of the ... Read more...

Increase in corticospinal excitability of limb and trunk muscles according to maintenance of neck flexion.

19 Jun 2009 The effect of maintenance of neck flexion on corticospinal excitability of limb and trunk muscles was investigated using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Nine healthy young subjects participated in this experiment. Every measurement was ... Read more...

Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in normal mice and Phex mice with spontaneous endolymphatic hydrops.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) have been recorded from the neck musculature and the cervical spinal cord in humans and a limited number of laboratory animals in response to loud sound. However, the mouse VEMP ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neck Muscles - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• MRI study of the morphometry of the cervical musculature in F-16 pilots. 30 Jul 2009
• Increase in corticospinal excitability of limb and trunk muscles according to maintenance of neck flexion. 19 Jun 2009
• Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in normal mice and Phex mice with spontaneous endolymphatic hydrops. 30 May 2009
• Effect of oxcarbazepine on sleep architecture. 10 May 2009
• Adaptive changes in control of the head while lifting ten times. 29 Apr 2009
• Differences between body movement adaptation to calf and neck muscle vibratory proprioceptive stimulation. 21 Apr 2009
• Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in response to lateral skull taps are dependent on two different mechanisms. 16 Apr 2009
• The startle reaction to somatosensory inputs: different response pattern to stimuli of upper and lower limbs. 14 Apr 2009
• Cervical range of movement in relation to neck dimension. 6 Apr 2009
• Influence of blood pressure manometer feedback on the parameters of the vestibular evoked myogenic potential test. 30 Mar 2009
• Neck and face surface electromyography for prosthetic voice control after total laryngectomy. 14 Mar 2009
• Galvanic ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials provide new insight into vestibulo-ocular reflexes and unilateral vestibular loss. 7 Mar 2009
• Examining the low, high and range measures of muscle activity amplitudes in symptomatic and asymptomatic computer users performing typing and mousing tasks. Mar 2009
• The tripartite origins of the tonic neck reflex: Gesell, Gerstmann, and Magnus. Mar 2009
• Masticatory function and maturation of the jaw-opening reflex. 27 Feb 2009
• Head and neck control varies with perturbation acceleration but not jerk: implications for whiplash injuries. 21 Feb 2009
• Keeping an eye on the vestibular system. 21 Feb 2009
• Ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) require extraocular muscles but not facial or cochlear nerve activity. 8 Feb 2009
• The role of the superior vestibular nerve in generating ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials to bone conducted vibration at Fz. 8 Feb 2009
• Cervical segmental motion induced by shoulder abduction assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Neck Muscles'

Definition: The neck muscles consist of the platysma, splenius cervicis, sternocleidomastoid(eus), longus colli, the anterior, medius, and posterior scalenes, digastric(us), stylohyoid(eus), mylohyoid(eus), geniohyoid(eus), sternohyoid(eus), omohyoid(eus), sternothyroid(eus), and thyrohyoid(eus).

Descriptor UI: D009334

Alternative terms: Neck Muscles; Muscle, Neck; Muscles, Neck; Neck Muscle;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A02.633.567.650;

History Note: 91(79); was see under MUSCLES 1979-90

Technical Notes: restrict to muscles of the neck as specified by MeSH definition: do not use for or include muscles of organs located in the neck, as the larynx (LARYNGEAL MUSCLES) or pharynx (PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES); /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent