Longus colli

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
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.

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.

Longus colli muscle

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

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