Encyclopedia entry
Rectus Capitis Anterior
Abstract
This small flat muscle, partly covered by longus capitis, arises from the transverse process of the atlas and is inserted into the basilar process of the occipital bone, between the foramen magnum and the longus capitis muscle.. It represents an anterior intertransverse muscle. It may be absent or reduced to a few fiber bundles, or it may fail to reach the occipital bone, inserting into the occipitoatlantal ligament. A medial part may separate from the primary muscle mass and has been named rectus capitis minimus.
This small flat muscle, partly covered by longus capitis, arises from the transverse process of the atlas and is inserted into the basilar process of the occipital bone, between the foramen magnum and the longus capitis muscle.. It represents an anterior intertransverse muscle. It may be absent or reduced to a few fiber bundles, or it may fail to reach the occipital bone, inserting into the occipitoatlantal ligament. A medial part may separate from the primary muscle mass and has been named rectus capitis minimus.
Riferimenti dell’opera originale
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- Anson, B.J., (1966) Ed. Morris'Human Anatomy, 12th ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw Hill Book Company, New York.
- Gruber, W. (1876) Über den Musculus rectus capitis anticus medius s. minimus. Arch. Anat. Physiol. Wissen Med. 1876:750-752.
- Gruber, W. (1880) Über den Musculus atlantico-basiliaris, M. epistropheobasilaris und andere von den obersten Halswirbeln zwischen den Mn. recti capitis antici majores vorkommende Muskelvarietäten. Arch. Path. Anat. Physiol. Klin. Med. 82:465-473.
Anatomical classification
- Systems:
- Muscular system
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Adaptation of «Rectus Capitis Anterior — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/MuscularSystem/Text/R/09Rectus.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.
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