rectus capitis lateralis muscle in dogs

A muscle that arises from the upper surface of the transverse process of the atlas and inserts into the under surface of the jugular process of the occipital bone. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the rectus capitis lateralis muscle is

A muscle that arises from the upper surface of the transverse process of the atlas and inserts into the under surface of the jugular process of the occipital bone. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the rectus capitis lateralis muscle is

It sits in the neck, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the rectus capitis lateralis muscle connects to

The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of neck.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: spinal nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as lateral rectus capitis, musculus rectus capitis lateralis, rectus capitis lateralis, rectus capitus lateralis and rectus capitus lateralis muscle. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003250, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: neck.
• A kind of: muscle of neck and skeletal muscle organ, vertebrate.
• Innervated by: spinal nerve.
• inserts into: occipital bone.

Questions

Where is the rectus capitis lateralis muscle?

It sits in the neck, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the rectus capitis lateralis muscle connect to?

Part of: neck.

Is the rectus capitis lateralis muscle the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.