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SPLENIUS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: splenii
I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("splenius" 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)