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The structure of the human body and the organs and systems that comprise it.
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splenius capitis
Anatomy; Muscular
A broad, straplike muscle in the back of the neck. It pulls on the base of the skull from vertebrae in the neck and upper thorax. The fibers of the muscle are directed upward and ...
splenius cervicis
Anatomy; Muscular
A muscle in the back of the neck. It arises by a narrow tendinous band from the spinous processes of the third to the sixth thoracic vertebrae; it is inserted, by tendinous ...
iliocostalis
Anatomy; Muscular
The muscle immediately lateral to the longissimus that is the nearest to the furrow that separates the epaxial muscles from the hypaxial. It lies very deep to the fleshy portion ...
genioglossus
Anatomy; Muscular
A muscle of the human body which runs from the chin to the tongue. The genioglossus is the major muscle responsible for protruding (or sticking out) the tongue.
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