LONGUS COLLI
\lˈɒŋɡəs kˈɒli], \lˈɒŋɡəs kˈɒli], \l_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ə_s k_ˈɒ_l_i]\
Definitions of LONGUS COLLI
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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By William R. Warner
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This muscle is situate at the anterior and superior part of the vertebral column. It is long, flat, and broader at its middle than at its extremities, which are pointed. It is attached to the anterior surface of the bodies of the first three dorsal and last six cervical vertebrae; to the intervertebral ligaments; to the anterior edge of the transverse processes of the last five cervical vertebrae; and to the tubercle on the anterior arch of the first. This muscle bends the cervical vertebrae upon each other and upon the dorsal vertebrae. If the upper portion acts on one side only, it occasions the rotation of the atlas on the vertebra dentata; and, consequently, of the head on the neck.
By Robley Dunglison
