See Also: Laurer's canal(medicine)
Laurer(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
longissimus cervicis(medicine)
musculus longissimus(medicine)
longissimus thoracis(medicine)
longissimus muscle(medicine)
longissimus capitis(medicine)
cervical longissimus muscle(medicine)
musculus longissimus cervicis(medicine)

longissimus cervicis (medicine) and Laurer's canal (medicine)


longissimus cervicis (medicine)


longissimus cervicis
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse processes of upper thoracic vertebrae; insertion, transverse processes of middle and upper cervical vertebrae; action, extends cervical vertebrae; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal nerves.

Synonym: musculus longissimus cervicis, cervical longissimus muscle, musculus transversalis cervicis, musculus transversalis colli.


Laurer's canal (medicine)


Laurer's canal


A tube originating on the surface of the ootype of trematodes, directed dorsally to or near the surface; it may have originally served as a vagina or possibly as a reservoir of excess shell material.