COMPLEXUS MUSCULUS
\kəmplˈɛksəs mˈʌskjʊləs], \kəmplˈɛksəs mˈʌskjʊləs], \k_ə_m_p_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə_s m_ˈʌ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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A muscle, situate at the hind part of the neck, where it extends from the interval that separates, the two prominent ridges on the posterior surface of the os occipitis to the transverse and articular processes of the last six cervical vertebrae, as well as to those of the first five dorsal. It serves to straighten, incline, and turn the head.
By Robley Dunglison
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