SPLENIUS MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenius muscle mean? 

• SPLENIUS MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun SPLENIUS MUSCLE 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 MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENIUS MUSCLE (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 muscle" 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)