Preferred Name

prevertebral muscle
Synonyms

flexor muscle of vertebral column

prevertebral muscle

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

alternative label

flexor muscle of vertebral column

prevertebral muscle

attached to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002412

attached to part of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002412

connected to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002412

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Prevertebral_muscles

FMA:32514

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.

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

depiction

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

functionally related to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002412

has exact synonym

flexor muscle of vertebral column

prevertebral muscle

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0008549

innervated_by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006838

label

prevertebral muscle

notation

UBERON:0008549

note

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

preferred label

prevertebral muscle

prefLabel

prevertebral muscle

subClassOf

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

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