Anterior Neck Muscles
The anterior neck muscles lie at the front of the neck and help with swallowing, speech, and head movement while supporting the hyoid bone and larynx. Here is a list of the muscles in the anterior neck region:
Superficial Muscles
- Platysma
- Sternocleidomastoid
Suprahyoid Muscles
- Digastric
- Mylohyoid
- Geniohyoid
- Stylohyoid
Infrahyoid Muscles
- Sternohyoid
- Sternothyroid
- Thyrohyoid
- Omohyoid
Anterior vertebral muscles
- Rectus capitis
- Longus capitis
- Longus colli



