SPLENIUS MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck

Synonyms:

splenius; splenius muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("splenius muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

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