Longus capitis muscle
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| Longus capitis muscle | ||
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| The anterior vertebral muscles. | ||
| Latin | musculus longus capitis | |
| Gray's | subject #113 395 | |
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| Insertion: | ||
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| 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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CERVICAL: platysma - sternocleidomastoid
SUPRAHYOID: digastric - stylohyoid - mylohyoid - geniohyoid
INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid - sternothyroid - thyrohyoid - omohyoid
VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli - longus capitis - rectus capitis anterior - rectus capitis lateralis
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