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{{Muscle infobox |
{{Infobox Muscle |
Name = Longus capitis muscle |
Name = {{PAGENAME}} |
Latin = musculus longus capitis |
GraySubject = 113 |
GraySubject = 113 |
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GrayPage = 395 |
Image = Gray387.png |
Image = Gray387.png |
Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. |
Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. |
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Caption2 = |
Origin = |
Origin = |
Insertion = |
Insertion = |
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Action = |
Blood = |
Blood = |
Nerve = C1-C3/C4 |
Nerve = C1-C3/C4 |
Action = |
Antagonist = |
DorlandsPre = m_22 |
DorlandsSuf = 12549725 |
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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]].
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]].


==Additional images==
==Additional images==
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Image:Gray129.png|Occipital bone. Outer surface.
Image:Gray187.png|Base of skull. Inferior surface.
Image:Gray187.png|Base of skull. Inferior surface.
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* {{GPnotebook|-1972699056}}
* {{GPnotebook|-1972699056}}
* {{eMedicineDictionary|Longus+capitis+muscle}}
* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#longus%20capitis PTCentral]
* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#longus%20capitis PTCentral]


Revision as of 16:42, 24 December 2006

Longus capitis muscle
The anterior vertebral muscles.
Details
NerveC1-C3/C4
Identifiers
Latinmusculus longus capitis
TA98A04.2.01.003
TA22149
FMA46308
Anatomical terms of muscle

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.

Additional images

  • Occipital bone. Outer surface.
    Occipital bone. Outer surface.
  • Base of skull. Inferior surface.
    Base of skull. Inferior surface.
  • Template:MuscleLoyola
  • . GPnotebook https://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1972699056. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Template:EMedicineDictionary
  • PTCentral

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


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