Muscular system
Platysma
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Muscles of neck
DescriptionUnreviewed
The platysma muscle is a superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid.
It covers the anterior surface of the neck superficially.
When it contracts, it produces a slight wrinkling of the neck, and a "bowstring" effect on either side of the neck.
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Names
- Latin
- Platysma
- English
- Platysma
- French
- Platysma
- Spanish
- Platisma
- Portuguese
- Platisma