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Encyclopedia > List of muscles in the human body

This is a list of muscles of the human anatomy. There are over 600 skeletal muscles within the typical human.

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The muscles of the head

The muscles of the anterolateral region of the neck

  • The superficial cervical muscle
    • Platysma
  • The lateral vertebral muscles
    • Scalenus anterior muscle
    • Scalenus medius muscle
    • Scalenus posterior muscle

The muscles of the trunk

  • The deep muscles of the back
    • Interspinales muscle
    • Intertransversarii muscle
    • Multifidus muscle
    • Rotatores muscle
    • Sacrospinalis muscle
    • Semispinalis muscle
    • Splenius capitis muscle
    • Splenius cervicis muscle
  • The muscles of the pelvis
    • Coccygeus muscle
    • Levator Ani muscle

The muscles of the upper limb

The muscles of the lower limb

  • The muscles of the thigh
    • adductor brevis muscle
    • adductor longus muscle
    • adductor magnus muscle
    • biceps femoris muscle
    • vastus intermedius muscle
    • vastus lateralis muscle
    • vastus medialis muscle
    • gracilis muscle
    • semimembranosus muscle
    • semitendinosus muscle
    • sartorius muscle
    • rectus femoris muscle
    • pectineus muscle

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Muscular system

Cardiac muscle - Skeletal muscle - Smooth muscle - List of muscles of the human body


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