Longus capitis muscle
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| Longus capitis muscle | ||
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| The anterior vertebral muscles. | ||
| Gray's | subject #113 | |
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| Nerve: | C1-C3/C4 | |
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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.
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Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
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| Muscles of the Head — Neck — Trunk — Upper limb — Lower limb— LIST OF ALL MUSCLES |
| SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL: platysma | (Gray's s110)
LATERAL CERVICAL: sternocleidomastoid | (Gray's s111) SUPRAHYOID: digastric | stylohyoid | mylohyoid | geniohyoid - INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid | sternothyroid | thyrohyoid | omohyoid | (Gray's s112) VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli | longus capitis | rectus capitis anterior | rectus capitis lateralis (Gray's s113) LATERAL: scalenus anterior | scalenus medius | scalenus posterior | (Gray's s114) |
