0 a Latin word meaning "of the neck", used in the names of some parts of the body, for example the longus colli muscle --
Longus colli labeled vertically at center left and center right.
The front surface of the anterior arch is convex and its anterior tubercle gives attachment to the longus colli muscle.
On the other side, some sources define it as bounded by the vertebral bodies, and others define it as bounded by the longus colli.
It includes the prevertebral muscles (longus colli and longus capitis), vertebral artery, vertebral vein, scalene muscles, phrenic nerve and part of the brachial plexus.
It descends in front of the longus colli muscles.
Colli et al. (1980) expressly pointed out that this protein-coat is lost in proteinfree media.
