part of part of located in located in has muscle origin has muscle origin has muscle insertion has muscle insertion system transverse process of vertebra longus colli muscle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Longus_colli.png EMAPA:37654 MA:0002341 UMLS:C0224169 FMA:13370 longus colli musculus longus colli UBERON:0001121 Wikipedia:Longus_colli_muscle SCTID:244836009 The Longus colli muscle is a muscle of the human body. The Longus colli is situated on the anterior surface of the vertebral column, between the atlas and the third thoracic vertebra. It is broad in the middle, narrow and pointed at either end, and consists of three portions, a superior oblique, an inferior oblique, and a vertical. The superior oblique portion arises from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, and fifth cervical vertebræ and, ascending obliquely with a medial inclination, is inserted by a narrow tendon into the tubercle on the anterior arch of the atlas. The inferior oblique portion, the smallest part of the muscle, arises from the front of the bodies of the first two or three thoracic vertebræ; and, ascending obliquely in a lateral direction, is inserted into the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebræ. The vertical portion arises, below, from the front of the bodies of the upper three thoracic and lower three cervical vertebræ, and is inserted into the front of the bodies of the second, third, and fourth cervical vertebræ. [WP,unvetted]. NCIT:C52959 longi colli longus colli muscle muscle organ cervical vertebra 1 arcus anterior thoracic cavity element superior mediastinum