MYONET - Atlas Musculature Orofacial System

Atlas Musculature: Physiology VIII

 Erhard Thiele     035e Atlas Musculature Inventory       MYONET.TOTAL PROGR CONTENTS  

Location and Short Description of the Muscles of Area VIII – Small Neck Muscles

(in a tabulate synopsis)

 

 Muscle

Fixation

Path

Action
 

Insertio

Origo

VIII/1. Os occipitale Processus transversalis atlantis vertical

Inclination back- and up
VIII/2.

Processus transversalis atlantis

Processus spinosus axis

lateral-upwards Rotation equilateral
VIII/3. Os occipitale Tuberculum posterior atlantis vertical backwards movement
VIII/4. Os occipitale Processus spinosus axis inclined lateral upwards Rotation extension (back)
VIII/5. Os occipitale Massa  lateralis atlantis inclined lateral upwards flexion (forward)
VIII/6. Os occipitale Processus transversalis atlantis vertical lateral inclination

 

 

1.7.2 Discussion of the Physiology with

Muscular Specialities and Faulty Actions

 of the  Muscles of Area VIII

– Small  Neck Muscles –

The musculature of Area VIII represents the connection between vertebral column and head. The musculature which provides the upright posture known from literature from the 'rope ladder comparison'-(if one rung is tilted all other rungs will also tilt) can also be compared to a  'human pyramid'; if the top artist makes a handstand or the balance exercise immediately the supporter at the foot has to react to get all mass centres in a straight vertical line. Let us imagine our 'head-ball' as the copestone of a pyramid of all the vertebra stacked upon each other sitting on two stilts standing on two quite short slats in a right angle to them to support the whole. If, now, the 'head-ball' moves just a bit it requires an immediate alteration of the angle between the baseboard and the stilts to avoid the scaffold tumble down. So, if you are chewing standing upright the tension of the big toe will constantly have to be varied. (It seem to have had some reason when our parents told us to sit down when eating.) If ever comparisons should fool there will be a sincere core in our observation, the fact of the mere biomechanics. The alongside picture correlates to the exercise BASIC-POSITION, see description there.

 

We know that we encroach upon the musculature of the oral diaphragm and the supra- and sub- hyoid region with our orofacial functions. Actions within the ventral neck muscles undoubtedly lead to reactions in the dorsal neck, the linkage head to spine. 

The muscles are not only needed to keep the balance; a physiological head posture is essential for the even route of the pathways between head and body like pharynx, lymphatic vessels, bloodstream and in a certain sense also the  unrestricted nerve tracts.

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