Longus colli muscle

Longus colli muscle

The anterior vertebral muscles. (Longus colli labeled vertically at center left and center right.)
Details
Origin Transverse processes of C-5 to T-3
Insertion Anterior arch of the atlas
Artery Ascending Pharyngeal and Vertebral Arteries
Nerve C2-C6
Actions Flexes the neck and head
Identifiers
Latin musculus longus colli
Dorlands
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m_22/12549740
TA A04.2.01.002
FMA 13370

Anatomical terms of muscle

The Longus colli muscle (Latin for long muscle of the neck) is a muscle of the human body.

The Longus colli is situated on the anterior surface of the vertebral column, between the atlas and the third thoracic vertebra.

It is broad in the middle, narrow and pointed at either end, and consists of three portions, a superior oblique, an inferior oblique, and a vertical.

Clinical significance

It is commonly injured in rear end whiplash injuries, usually resulting from a car crash.

This muscle is in front of the spine and is thought by some scientists that it may cause some whiplash patients to have an unnatural lack of curvature in the patients' neck.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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