This section is from the book "The Horse - Its Treatment In Health And Disease", by J. Wortley Axe. Also available from Amazon: The Horse. Its Treatment In Health And Disease.
A short, fleshy muscle placed beneath that last described, and partly divisible into two portions.
Origin. - From the superior spinous process of the dentata or second cervical vertebra.
Insertion. - Into the posterior part of the occipital bone.
Action. - Assists the complexus major in extending the head on the neck.
 
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