Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.
The semispinalis capitis (complexus) is situated at the upper and back part of the neck deep to the splenius and medial to the longissimus cervicis and capitis. It is part of the transversospinales muscle group.It arises by a series of tendons from the tips of the transverse processes of the upper six or seven thoracic and the seventh cervical vertebrae and from the articular processes of the three cervical vertebrae above this (C4-C6).
