| 释义 |
‖ splenius Anat.|ˈspliːnɪəs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. σπληνίον: cf. splenial a.1]
A broad muscle, or either of the two portions (the splenius capitis and colli) composing it, which occupies the upper part of the back of the neck and is attached to the occipital bone.
1732A. Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 111 Some tendinous Fibres of the Complexi and Splenii. Ibid., In the Depression on each side..the Splenius is inserted. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 249 The splenius extends the head, inclining it laterally, and impresses upon it a rotatory motion which turns the face to one side. 1873Mivart Elem. Anat. 290 The splenius is placed obliquely in the neck.
attrib.1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. i. 748/1 The sterno⁓mastoid and splenius muscles. |