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{{Infobox Muscle |
{{Short description|Muscle of neck}}
{{Infobox muscle
Name = {{PAGENAME}} |
Latin = musculus longus capitis |
| Name = Longus capitis muscle
| Latin = musculus longus capitis
GraySubject = 113 |
GrayPage = 395 |
| Image = Longus capitis.png
| Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles.
Image = Longus capitis.png |
| Image2 =
Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. |
Image2 = |
| Caption2 =
| Origin = Anterior tubercles of the [[transverse processes]] of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth [[cervical vertebræ]]
Caption2 = |
| Insertion = [[Basilar part of occipital bone|Basilar]] part of the [[occipital bone]]
Origin = anterior tubercles of the [[transverse processes]] of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth [[cervical vertebræ]]|
| Blood =
Insertion = [[basilar]] part of the [[occipital bone]]|
Blood = |
| Nerve = C1-C3/C4
| Action = [[Flexion]] of [[neck]] at [[atlanto-occipital joint]]
Nerve = C1-C3/C4 |
| Antagonist =
Action = [[flexion]] of [[neck]] at [[atlanto-occipital joint]] |
Antagonist = |
DorlandsPre = m_22 |
DorlandsSuf = 12549725 |
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The '''longus capitis muscle''' (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]].
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 occipital bone|basilar]] part of the [[occipital bone]].

It is innervated by a branch of cervical plexus.
It is innervated by a branch of cervical plexus.

Longus capitis has several actions:

acting unilaterally, to:
*flex the head and neck laterally
*rotate the head ipsilaterally
acting bilaterally:
*flex the head and neck<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1972699056|title=Longus capitis muscle (Anatomy) - General Practice Notebook}}</ref>

==Additional images==
==Additional images==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Gray129.png|Occipital bone. Outer surface.
File:Gray129.png|Occipital bone. Outer surface.
Image:Gray137.png|Left temporal bone. Outer surface.
File:Gray187.png|Base of skull. Inferior surface.
File:Slide4ccc.JPG|Longus capitis muscle
Image:Gray187.png|Base of skull. Inferior surface.
File:Slide6jjj.JPG|Longus capitis muscle
</gallery>
</gallery>


==External links==
== References ==
* {{MuscleLoyola|lonc}}
* {{GPnotebook|-1972699056}}
* {{eMedicineDictionary|Longus+capitis+muscle}}
* {{RocheLexicon|25420.000-1}}
* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#longus%20capitis PTCentral]

{{Gray's}}
{{Gray's}}
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.tk.de/rochelexikon/pics/s25420.000-1.html |title=Anatomy diagram: 25420.000-1 |work=Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator |publisher=Elsevier |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226040726/http://www.tk.de/rochelexikon/pics/s25420.000-1.html |archivedate=2015-02-26 |url-status=dead }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050804024427/http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#longus%20capitis PTCentral]


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Latest revision as of 09:38, 18 December 2024

Longus capitis muscle
The anterior vertebral muscles.
Details
OriginAnterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebræ
InsertionBasilar part of the occipital bone
NerveC1-C3/C4
ActionsFlexion of neck at atlanto-occipital joint
Identifiers
Latinmusculus longus capitis
TA98A04.2.01.003
TA22149
FMA46308
Anatomical terms of muscle

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:

  • flex the head and neck laterally
  • rotate the head ipsilaterally

acting bilaterally:

  • flex the head and neck[1]

Additional images

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References

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 395 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ "Longus capitis muscle (Anatomy) - General Practice Notebook".
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