Uberon definition : A superficial postvertebral muscle innervated by the posterior ramus of the cervical
spinal nerve with origins in the upper thoracic and lower cervical spinous processes
whose actions are to extend and ipsilaterally rotate the head and neck. Examples:
splenius capitis, splenius cervicis;
A superficial postvertebral muscle innervated by the posterior ramus of the cervical
spinal nerve with origins in the upper thoracic and lower cervical spinous processes
whose actions are to extend and ipsilaterally rotate the head and neck. Examples:
splenius capitis, splenius cervicis