25+ Anterior Scalene Muscle Anatomy. Learn them faster with our muscle anatomy reference charts! The scalene muscles are a group of three pairs of muscles in the lateral neck, namely the anterior scalene, middle scalene, and posterior scalene.
Muscle movements, types, and names.
Scalenus anterior), lies deeply at the side of the neck, behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The anterior and middle scalene muscles, which also are located at the sides of the neck, act. The scalene muscles are a group of three pairs of muscles in the lateral neck, namely the anterior scalene, middle scalene, and posterior scalene. It originated from the anterior tubercle of transverse processes of third, fourth, fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae and gets inserted into scalene tubercle of first rib and upper surface of second rib anterior to subclavian groove.