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Muscle Name: Splenius Capitis

Medical Name:

• Splenius Capitis

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

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

Related Muscles:

• Splenius Cervicis
• Sternocleidomastoid
• Trapezius
• Levator Scapulae
• Erector Spinae
• Semispinalis Capitis

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