prevertebral muscles prevertebral muscles the prevertebral muscles are the muscles located between the prevertebral fascia (older definition) and the vertebral column, i.e., the longus capitis, longus colli, rectus capitis anterior, and rectus capitis lateralis muscles. prevertebral musclestransverse section of neck. prevertebral muscles labeled in purple.the anterior vertebral muscles.detailsnervec1-c8identifiersfma32514anatomical terms of muscle