Set of posterior cervical intertransversarii

Looks like

Small muscles between the back parts of the side processes of neighbouring neck vertebrae.

What it does

Bend the neck sideways and steady it.

Keeping it well

Rarely a clinical concern; persistent neck pain responds to movement and exercise.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus