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The head, attached to the top of the vertebral column, is balanced, moved, and rotated by the neck muscles (). When these muscles act unilaterally, the head rotates. When they contract bilaterally, the head flexes or extends. The major muscle that laterally flexes and rotates the head is the sternocleidomastoid.
Contraction of one side: laterally flexes neck, rotates head to opposite side; Contraction of both sides together: flexes neck Temporalis Elevates and retracts mandible; assists in side to side movement of mandible