Longus capitis muscle 3042457 174936277 2007-11-30T22:45:57Z SieBot 4005189 robot Adding: [[sr:Дуги мишић главе]] {{Infobox Muscle | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = musculus longus capitis | GraySubject = 113 | GrayPage = 395 | Image = Longus capitis.png | Caption = The anterior vertebral muscles. | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Origin = anterior tubercles of the [[transverse processes]] of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth [[cervical vertebræ]]| Insertion = [[basilar]] part of the [[occipital bone]]| Blood = | Nerve = C1-C3/C4 | Action = [[flexion]] of [[neck]] at [[atlanto-occipital joint]] | Antagonist = | DorlandsPre = m_22 | DorlandsSuf = 12549725 | }} The '''longus capitis''' (rectus capitis anticus major), broad and thick above, narrow below, arises by four tendinous slips, from the anterior tubercles of the [[transverse processes]] of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth [[cervical vertebræ]], and ascends, converging toward its fellow of the opposite side, to be inserted into the inferior surface of the [[basilar]] part of the [[occipital bone]]. ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray129.png|Occipital bone. Outer surface. Image:Gray137.png|Left temporal bone. Outer surface. Image:Gray187.png|Base of skull. Inferior surface. </gallery> ==External links== * {{MuscleLoyola|lonc}} * {{GPnotebook|-1972699056}} * {{eMedicineDictionary|Longus+capitis+muscle}} * {{RocheLexicon|25420.000-1}} * [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclehead.html#longus%20capitis PTCentral] {{Gray's}} {{Muscles_of_neck}} {{muscle-stub}} [[de:Musculus longus capitis]] [[ja:頭長筋]] [[sr:Дуги мишић главе]]