levator scapulae muscle
An axial muscle that originates in the cervical vertebraae inserts on the scapula. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: levator scapulae
Term info
- EHDAA:8309
- Wikipedia:Levator_scapulae_muscle
- AAO:0010689
- EHDAA2:0000992
- SCTID:279236008
- FMA:32519
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Axial muscle group[Kardong]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Levator_scapulae.png
levator scapulæ, levator scapula, levator scapulae muscle, musculus levator scapulae
uberon
UBERON:0005461
Levator scapulae
Term relations
- skeletal muscle organ and attached to some cervical vertebra and attached to some scapula
- axial muscle
- muscle of vertebral column
- scapular muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has muscle origin some transverse process of vertebra
- has muscle insertion some medial border of scapula
- innervated_by some nerve of cervical vertebra
- attached to some cervical vertebra
- part of some pectoral girdle and thoracic body wall skeletal muscle
- develops from some levator scapulae pre-muscle mass