longissimus capitis muscle
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longissimus capitis — longissimus cap·i·tis kap ət əs n a long slender muscle between the longissimus cervicis and the semispinalis capitis that arises by tendons from the upper thoracic and lower cervical vertebrae, is inserted into the posterior margin of the… … Medical dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Longissimus — Muscle infobox Name = Longissimus Latin = musculus longissimus GraySubject = 115 GrayPage = 399 Caption = Deep muscles of the back. (Longissimus capitis visible at top right; longisimus cervicis visible at center upper right, and longissimus… … Wikipedia
musculus longissimus capitis — [TA] longissimus muscle of head: origin, transverse processes of four or five upper thoracic vertebrae, articular processes of three or four lower cervical vertebrae; insertion, mastoid process of temporal bone; innervation, branches of cervical; … Medical dictionary
longissimus — lon·gis·si·mus län jis i məs n, pl lon·gis·si·mi .mī the intermediate division of the sacrospinalis muscle that consists of the longissimus capitis, longissimus cervicis, and longissimus thoracis also any of these three muscles * * *… … Medical dictionary
longissimus muscle of head — musculus longissimus capitis … Medical dictionary
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
trachelomastoid muscle — trach·e·lo·mas·toid muscle .trak ə lō mas .tȯid n LONGISSIMUS CAPITIS called also trachelomastoid * * * musculus longissimus capitis … Medical dictionary
musculus longissimus — [TA] longissimus muscle: the largest element of the erector spinae, which includes the musculus longissimus capitis, musculus longissimus cervicis, and musculus longissimus thoracis … Medical dictionary
Semispinalis capitis — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Semispinalis capitis visible at bottom right.) … Wikipedia
