noun
semispinalis capitis muscle
Anatomical term for a deep muscle of the back of the neck, part of the transversospinalis group.
頭半棘筋は後頭下筋群の深層に位置する。
The semispinalis capitis muscle is located deep to the suboccipital muscles.
Compound of 頭 (tō, 'head'), 半棘 (hankyoku, 'semispinalis'), and 筋 (kin, 'muscle'). The term is a direct anatomical calque from Western nomenclature.