The splenius capitis (/ËspliËni.És ËkaepÉ¨tÉ¨s/) (ËkÃ¦pÉ¨tÉ¨s From greek, splenion splÃ©nÃ­on, meaning Bandage and, latin caput) meaning head is, a broad straplike muscle in the back of. The neck it pulls on the base of the skull from the vertebrae in the neck and. upper thoraxhe splenius capitis is deep to sternocleidomastoideus at the mastoid process, and to the trapezius for its lower portion. It is one of the muscles that forms the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck. The splenius capitis muscle is innervated by the posterior ramus of spinal nerves C3 and C4.
Wellesley Island. For Wellesley Island, Ontario, see Lake Rosseau. Wellesley Island in Jefferson County, New York, United States is partially in the Town of Orleans and partially in the Town of Alexandria.
Aurora, Cayuga County, New York. For the town in Erie County, New York, see Aurora, Erie County, New York. Aurora, or Aurora-on-Cayuga, is a village and college town in the town of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, United States, on the shore of Cayuga Lake. The village had a population of 724 at the 2010 census. Wells College, an institution of higher education for women founded by Henry Wells in 1868, is located in Aurora.