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Preferred Name

prevertebral muscle
Synonyms

prevertebral muscle

flexor muscle of vertebral column

Definitions

One of the muscles deep to the prevertebral fascia on the anterior surface of the cervical and superior three thoracic vertebrae, symmetrically placed on each side of the median plane, including the longus colli, longus capitis, rectus capitis anterior, and rectus capitis lateralis muscles. innervated by anterior rami of cervical spinal nerves. some authorities define the group as medial to the plane of the cervicobrachial plexus, and thus also include the anterior scalene muscle. Action notes: flexors of the head and neck

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008549

comment

some authorities define the group as medial to the plane of the cervicobrachial plexus, and thus also include the anterior scalene muscle. Action notes: flexors of the head and neck

altLabel

prevertebral muscle

flexor muscle of vertebral column

definition

One of the muscles deep to the prevertebral fascia on the anterior surface of the cervical and superior three thoracic vertebrae, symmetrically placed on each side of the median plane, including the longus colli, longus capitis, rectus capitis anterior, and rectus capitis lateralis muscles. innervated by anterior rami of cervical spinal nerves.

depiction

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Prevertebral_muscles.png

has exact synonym

prevertebral muscle

flexor muscle of vertebral column

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0008549

label

prevertebral muscle

notation

UBERON:0008549

prefLabel

prevertebral muscle

xRef

Wikipedia:Prevertebral_muscles

FMA:32514

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004518

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