Even when the head is held upright, its center of gravity is…

Even when the head is held upright, its center of gravity is not directly over its major point of support, the atlanto-occipital joint. The splenius muscles in the back of the neck must therefore exert a force to keep the head up. Use the information in the figure below. The mass of the head is 5.0 kg. The weight of the head is located 0.025 m from the joint, and the splenius muscles are located 0.05 m from the joint. DF 3.3.png