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.
Onondaga County is in the west central portion of New York State, west of Utica, east of Rochester and north of Ithaca. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 806 square miles (2,100 km2), of which 780 square miles (2,000 km2) is land and 25 square miles (65 km2) (3.15%) is water.