splenius

splenius
noun /ˈspliːnɪəs/
A broad muscle running up the top part of the back of the neck.

He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.


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  • splénius — ⇒SPLÉNIUS, subst. masc. ANAT. Chacun des deux muscles de la nuque servant à l inclinaison et à la rotation de la tête. [Le tronc accessoire du nerf vague] traverse la portion supérieure du muscle sterno mastoïdien, auquel il donne quelques… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • splenius — SPLÉNIUS s. n. muşchi la partea posterioară a gâtului şi superioară a spatelui. (< fr. splénius) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • Splenius — Sple ni*us, n. [NL.] (Anat.) A flat muscle of the back of the neck. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • splenius — [splē′nē əs] n. pl. splenii [splē′nē ī΄] [ModL < L splenium, a patch, plaster < Gr splēnion, dim. of splēn,SPLEEN] either of two large, flat muscles at the back of the neck, serving to rotate and extend the head and rotate and flex the neck …   English World dictionary

  • Splenius — Musculus splenius Rückenmuskulatur des Menschen Ursprung Nackenband, Dornfortsätze der Hals und Brustwirbel Ansatz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • splenius — See s. muscle of head, s. muscle of neck. [Mod. L. fr. G. splenion, a bandage] * * * sple·ni·us nē əs n, pl nii nē .ī either of two flat oblique muscles on each side of the back of the neck and upper thoracic region: a) SPLENIUS CAPITIS b)… …   Medical dictionary

  • splenius — sple̱nius, ...nia, ...nium [zu gr. σπληνιον = Pflaster, Verband]: einer Binde ähnlich, riemenförmig; z. B. in der Fügung ↑Musculus splenius capitis (Anat.) …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Splenĭus muscŭlus capĭtis — Splenĭus muscŭlus capĭtis, der Kopfbauschmuskel; S. colli, der Halsbauschmuskel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • splenius capitis — splenius cap·i·tis kap ət əs n a flat muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper thoracic region that arises from the caudal half of the ligamentum nuchae and the spinous processes of the seventh cervical and the first three or… …   Medical dictionary

  • splenius cervicis — splenius cer·vi·cis sər və səs n a flat narrow muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper thoracic region that arises from the spinous processes of the third to sixth thoracic vertebrae, is inserted into the transverse processes of …   Medical dictionary

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