Name

# Longissimus Cervicis

Pronunciation

(lon-GIS-I-mus SER-vi-Kus)

Origin/Proximal Attachment

Transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae T1 to T5

Insertion/Distal Attachment

Transverse processes of cervical vertebrae C2-6

Action/Relevance

Extends & laterally flexes vertebral column

Innervation

Lower cervical & upper thoracic nerves

Notes

Situated medial to the Longissimus dorsi, arises by long thin tendons from the summits of the transverse processes of the upper four or five thoracic vertebrę, and is inserted by similar tendons into the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrę from the second to the sixth inclusive.