Splenius muscles

Splenius muscles
Splenius muscles
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Identifiers
Latin	musculus splenius
TA98	A04.3.02.102
TA2	2272
FMA	77180
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated November 28, 2025

The splenius muscles are:

Their origins are in the upper thoracic and lower cervical spinous processes.^[1] Their actions are to extend and ipsilaterally rotate the head and neck.

References

↑ Gray, Henry (1918). Anatomy of the Human Body (Gray's Anatomy) (20th ed.). Lea & Febiger. pp. 396–398.

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[1] Gray, Henry (1918). Anatomy of the Human Body (Gray's Anatomy) (20th ed.). Lea & Febiger. pp. 396–398.

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