Longus capitis muscle

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Longus capitis muscle
The anterior vertebral muscles.
Latin	musculus longus capitis
Gray's	subject #113 395
Origin:
Insertion:
Artery:
Nerve:	C1-C3/C4
Action:	flexion of neck at atlanto-occipital joint
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12549725

The longus capitis (rectus capitis anticus major), broad and thick above, narrow below, arises by four tendinous slips, from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebræ, and ascends, converging toward its fellow of the opposite side, to be inserted into the inferior surface of the basilar part of the occipital bone.

[edit] Additional images

Occipital bone. Outer surface.

Left temporal bone. Outer surface.

Base of skull. Inferior surface.

[edit] External links

• LUC lonc
• GPnotebook -1972699056
• Dictionary at eMedicine Longus+capitis+muscle
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1
• PTCentral

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