A muscle with origin in transverse processes of upper thoracic vertebrae, and insertion in transverse processes of middle and upper cervical vertebrae that extends cervical vertebrae. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/longissimus+cervicis+muscle http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]

Synonyms: longissimus cervicis

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

comment

; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal nerves

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Longissimus.png

has related synonym

musculus longissimus cervicis

id

UBERON:0001402

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606