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The splenius capitis (/ ˈ s p l iː n i ə s ˈ k æ p ɪ t ɪ s /) (from Greek splēníon 'bandage' and Latin caput 'head' [1] [2]) is a broad, straplike muscle in the back of the neck. It pulls on the base of the skull from the vertebrae in the neck and upper thorax. It is involved in movements such as shaking the head.
The splenius muscles are: Splenius capitis muscle; Splenius cervicis muscle; Their origins are in the upper thoracic and lower cervical spinous processes. Their ...
To it is attached, the splenius capitis muscle, the trapezius muscle, [1] and the occipitalis. [2] From the external occipital protuberance a ridge or crest, the external occipital crest also called the median nuchal line, often faintly marked, descends to the foramen magnum, and affords attachment to the nuchal ligament.
The posterior triangle has the following boundaries: [1] Apex: Union of the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius muscles at the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone ...
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The mastoid process serves for the attachment of the sternocleidomastoid, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, splenius capitis, and longissimus capitis. On the medial side of the process is a deep groove, the mastoid notch, for the attachment of the digastric muscle ; medial to this is a shallow furrow, the occipital groove , which ...
splenius capitis: Torso/Neck, Back, right/left nuchal ligament, spinous process of C7-T6: mastoid process of temporal bone, occipital bone?? C3, C4: extends, rotates, and laterally flexes head: 2 1 splenius colli: Torso, Back, right/left spinous processes of T3-T6: transverse processes of C1, C2, C3: C5, C6: 2 1 external intercostal 1-11 Torso ...
The semispinalis capitis (complexus) is situated at the upper and back part of the neck, deep to the splenius muscles, and medial to the longissimus cervicis and longissimus capitis. It arises by a series of tendons from the tips of the transverse processes of the upper six or seven thoracic and the seventh cervical vertebrae , and from the ...