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Longus capitis muscle

Longus capitis muscle
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The anterior vertebral muscles.
Details
Origin anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebræ
Insertion basilar part of the occipital bone
Nerve C1-C3/C4
Actions flexion of neck at atlanto-occipital joint
Identifiers
Latin musculus longus capitis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12549725
TA A04.2.01.003
FMA 46308
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The longus capitis muscle (Latin for long muscle of the head, alternatively rectus capitis anticus major), is broad and thick above, narrow below, and 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.

It is innervated by a branch of cervical plexus.

Longus capitis has several actions:

acting unilaterally, to:

acting bilaterally:

Occipital bone. Outer surface.

Left temporal bone. Outer surface.

Base of skull. Inferior surface.

Longus capitis muscle

Longus capitis muscle

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




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