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In all four-legged animals, the extensors are dominant over the flexors in the neck in order to maintain the head in a horizontal position. In the human neck, the extensors are also dominant. A cross section of the human neck (Fig. 1) shows that 70% of the muscles present are posterior to the rotational axis of anteroposterior flexion movements.
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Hoshino, Y. (2003). Anatomical Knowledge Required for Laminoplasty. In: Nakamura, K., Toyama, Y., Hoshino, Y. (eds) Cervical Laminoplasty. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53983-4_2
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