Muscles / Head & neck
Longus capitis
- Head & neck
- Neck
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of C3-C6
- Insertion
- Basilar part of the occipital bone
- Nerve
- Anterior rami of cervical spinal nerves (C1-C3)
Actions
- Flexes the head on the neck (craniocervical flexion, "nodding")
- Flexes the upper cervical spine
Notes
- A deep cervical flexor; the target of craniocervical flexion training.
References (5)
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