prevertebral muscle

Term ID

UBERON:0008549

Synonyms

Definition

One of the muscles deep to the prevertebral fascia on the anterior surface of the cervical and superior three thoracic vertebrae, symmetrically placed on each side of the median plane, including the longus colli, longus capitis, rectus capitis anterior, and rectus capitis lateralis muscles. innervated by anterior rami of cervical spinal nerves. http://www.drugs.com/dict/prevertebral-muscles.html

References

• Prevertebral:muscles

Ontology

Uberon Ontology