SPLENIUS (splenii)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: splenii   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenius mean? 

• SPLENIUS (noun)
  The noun SPLENIUS has 1 sense:

1. either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck

  Familiarity information: SPLENIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

splenius; splenius muscle

Hypernyms ("splenius" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)