Muscle Name: Splenius
Medical Name:
Other Names:
- None
Head:
Splenius Capitis
Movement:
- Extension of the head and neck (bilateral contraction)
- Tilting the head backward
- Lateral flexion of the neck (unilateral contraction)
- Tilting the head to the side
- Rotation of the head (unilateral contraction)
- Turning the head to the same side
Attachment:
- Origin:
- Lower half of the nuchal ligament
- Spinous processes of C7-T3 vertebrae
- Insertion:
- Mastoid process of the temporal bone
- Lateral third of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone
Splenius Cervicis
Movement:
- Extension of the neck (bilateral contraction)
- Tilting the head backward
- Lateral flexion of the neck (unilateral contraction)
- Tilting the head to the side
- Rotation of the neck (unilateral contraction)
- Turning the head to the same side
Attachment:
- Origin:
- Spinous processes of T3-T6 vertebrae
- Insertion:
- Transverse processes of C1-C3 vertebrae
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