Axiobasilaris

In about 4% of cases studied, axiobasilaris (also atlantobasilaris internus [Gruber]), extends along the medial border of longus capitis from the anterior tubercle of the axis (or atlas) to the base of the skull.

See mm. Longus capitis and longus colli.

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References

Gruber, W. (1880) Über den Musculus atlantico-basiliaris, M. epistropheobasilaris und andere von den obersten Halswirbel zwischen den Mm. recti capitis antici majores vorkommende Muskelvarietäten. Arch. Path. Anat. Physiol. Klin. Med. 82: 465-473.

Macalister, A. (1875) Additional observations on muscular anomalies in human anatomy (third series), with a catalogue of the principal muscular variations hitherto published. Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Sci. 25:1-134.