Nerve C2-C6 | Latin musculus longus colli | |
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Origin Transverse processes of C-5 to T-3 Artery Ascending Pharyngeal and Vertebral Arteries Actions Flexes the neck and head |
The Longus colli muscle (Latin for long muscle of the neck) is a muscle of the human body.
The Longus colli is situated on the anterior surface of the vertebral column, between the atlas and the third thoracic vertebra.
It is broad in the middle, narrow and pointed at either end, and consists of three portions, a superior oblique, an inferior oblique, and a vertical.
Clinical significance
It is commonly injured in rear end whiplash injuries, usually resulting from a car crash.
This muscle is in front of the spine and is thought by some scientists that it may cause some whiplash patients to have an unnatural lack of curvature in the patients' neck.
References
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