Splenius cervicis muscle
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| Splenius cervicis | ||
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| Muscles connecting the upper extremity to the vertebral column. (Splenius capitis et cervicis labeled at upper right, at neck.) | ||
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| Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Splenius colli labeled at center left.) | ||
| Latin | musculus splenius cervicis | |
| Gray's | subject #115 397 | |
| Origin: | spinous processes | |
| Insertion: | transverse processes | |
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| Nerve: | C5, C6 | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12550921 | |
The splenius cervicis (splenius colli) 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.
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