Splenius cervicis muscle

Splenius cervicis muscle

Muscle infobox
Name = Splenius cervicis
Latin = musculus splenius cervicis
GraySubject = 115
GrayPage = 397


Caption = Muscles connecting the upper extremity to the vertebral column. (Splenius capitis et cervicis labeled at upper right, at neck.)


Caption2 = 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.)
Origin = spinous processes of T3-T6
Insertion = transverse processes of C1-C3
Action = |Bilaterally: Extend the head & neck, Unilaterally: Lateral flexion to the same side, Rotation to the same side. Blood =
Nerve = C5, C6
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DorlandsPre = m_22
DorlandsSuf = 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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