longissimus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.

Word forms

longissimus longissimi

Etymology

From Latin longissimus.

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