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== Description<br> == | == Description<br> == | ||
<div> The Rectus capitis anterior (Rectus capitis anticus minor, Musculus rectus capitis anterior in Latin and Muscle droit antérieur de la tête in French) <ref>http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/</ref> is a short, flat muscle, situated immediately behind the upper part of the Longus capitis.</div><div><br></div><div> [[Image: | <div> The Rectus capitis anterior (Rectus capitis anticus minor, Musculus rectus capitis anterior in Latin and Muscle droit antérieur de la tête in French) <ref>http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/</ref> is a short, flat muscle, situated immediately behind the upper part of the Longus capitis.</div><div><br></div><div> [[Image:RECTUS CAP ANT.png|center|300x300px|Anterior View of Rectus Capitis Anterior]]</div><div></div> | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
<div> The English name for this muscle is the anterior straight muscle of the head. The word rectus is Latin for “straight." The word capitis comes from the Latin caput meaning “head.” The Latin term anterior is derived from the Latin ante meaning “before.” <ref>http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/</ref></div><div><br></div><div></div><div></div> | <div> The English name for this muscle is the anterior straight muscle of the head. The word rectus is Latin for “straight." The word capitis comes from the Latin caput meaning “head.” The Latin term anterior is derived from the Latin ante meaning “before.” <ref>http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/</ref></div><div><br></div><div></div><div></div> | ||
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== Insertion == | == Insertion == | ||
<div> The inferior surface of the occipital bone anterior to the foreamen magnum <ref>http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/rectus_capitis_anterior</ref></div> | <div> The inferior surface of the occipital bone anterior to the foreamen magnum <ref>http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/rectus_capitis_anterior</ref></div><div><br></div><div> [[Image:RECTUS_CAP_ANT2.PNG|center|300x300px]]</div><div></div> | ||
== Nerve Supply == | == Nerve Supply == | ||
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Description
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Etymology[edit | edit source]
Origin
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Anterior surface of the lateral mass of the atlas (C1 vertebra) and the root of its transverse process [3]
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Nerve Supply[edit | edit source]
C1, C2
Blood Supply[edit | edit source]
Action[edit | edit source]
Aids in flexion of the head and the neck
Clinical Relevance[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/
- ↑ http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/
- ↑ http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/rectus_capitis_anterior
- ↑ http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/rectus_capitis_anterior
- ↑ http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/5273/
- ↑ http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/education/curriculum/vm8644/equineneck/Definitions/rectuscapitis.html