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noun
Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: splenius muscle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skeletal muscle, striated muscle
History
Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).
