Definition of Splenii

1. splenius [n] - See also: splenius

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splenii

splenic leukaemia
splenic lymph follicles
splenic lymph nodes
splenic lymph nodules
splenic plexus
splenic portal venography
splenic pulp
splenic recess
splenic rupture
splenic sinus
splenic vein
splenical
splenick
spleniculus
spleniform
splenii (current term)
splenike
spleniserrate
splenish
splenitis
splenium
splenium corporis callosi
splenium of corpus callosum
spleniums
splenius
splenius capitis
splenius cervicis
splenius muscle of head
splenius muscle of neck
splenization

Literary usage of Splenii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The two splenii are so named from their lying like surgical splints, ... At the third vertebra of the neck, where the two splenii muscles part from each ..."

2. The anatomist's vade mecum: a system of human anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1845)
"The splenii of opposite sides of the neck leave between them a triangular ... The two serrati and two splenii muscles must be removed by cutting them away ..."

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