Splenius cervicis muscle
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The splenius cervicis (Template:IPAc-en) (also known as the splenius colli, Template:IPAc-en) is a muscle in the back of the neck. It arises by a narrow tendinous band from the spinous processes of the third to the sixth thoracic vertebrae; it is inserted, by tendinous fasciculi, into the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the upper two or three cervical vertebrae.
Its name is based on the Greek word σπληνίον, splenion (meaning a bandage) and the Latin word cervix (meaning a neck).[1] The word collum also refers to the neck in Latin.[1]
The function of the splenius cervicis muscle is extension of the cervical spine, rotation to the ipsilateral side and lateral flexion to the ipsilateral side.[2]
Additional images
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Position of splenius cervicis muscle (shown in red).
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Lateral view.
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Posterior view.
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Muscles of the neck. Lateral view.
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Section of the neck at the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.
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Splenius and Semispinalis
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Splenius
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- ↑ a b Template:Arnolds Glossary of Anatomy
- ↑ R.T. Floyd, Manual of Structural Kinesiology, 2012, 18th Ed.
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