0 a Latin word meaning "of the neck", used in the names of some muscles, for example the transversalis cervicis --
They are located laterally to the transverse processes between prevertebral muscles from the medial side and vertebral (m. scalenus, m. levator scapulae, m. splenius cervicis) from lateral side.
The neck area is called the cervicis or cervical region.
It is bounded in front by the scalenus medius and behind by splenius cervicis.
