Summary
| Location: | In the back of the neck, extending from the upper spine to the base of the skull. |
Information
| Group: | Neck |
| Subgroup: | Splenius |
| Side(s) of body: | Back |
| Function/Action: | Neck Extensor, Neck Ipsilateral Rotator |
Details
| Joint: | Cervical, Thoracic |
| Bone: | Cervical Vertebrae, Thoracic Vertebrae |
| Origin: | Nuchal ligament, spinous processes of vertebrae C7-T4. |
| Insertion: | Mastoid process of the temporal bone and lateral third of the superior nuchal line of the occipital bone. |