splenius cervicis

one of a pair of deep muscles of the neck and back. Arising from a narrow tendinous band from the spinous processes of the third through the sixth thoracic vertebrae, it inserts into the transverse processes of the upper two or three cervical vertebrae. The muscle is innervated by the lateral branches of the dorsal primary divisions of the middle and the lower cervical nerves. The splenius cervicis acts to rotate, bend, and extend the head and neck. Also called splenius colli.

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Este rasgo osteologico ha sido asociado al desarrollo de musculos nucales como el splenius cervicis, multifidus dorsi y semispinalis cervicis, comprometidos con la postura de la cabeza y en mantener fija la region toracica (Hatt, 1932; Hildebrand, 1988).

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Further superiorly the remaining muscles to be considered are rhomboid minor and major, serratus posterior superior and splenius cervicis (Clemente 1987, Moore & Dalley 2006, Rosse & Gaddum-Rosse 1997, Standring 2005).