Spinalis cervicis muscle

System Muscular
SNOMED CT 244864004

Spinalis cervicis muscle

Definition

The Spinalis cervicis (Spinalis colli) is an inconstant muscle, which arises from the lower part of the ligamentum nuchæ, the spinous process of the seventh cervical, and sometimes from the spinous processes of the first and second thoracic vertebrae, and is inserted into the spinosus process of the axis, and occasionally into the spinous processes of the two vertebrae below it. [Wikipedia:Spinalis#Spinalis_cervivis]

Also known as spinal muscle of neck — per UBERON

The Spinalis cervicis muscle is a part of the Muscular.

Also identified as