大後頭直筋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
大 後 頭 直 筋
だい
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 2		 ちょく
Grade: 2		 きん
Grade: 6
goon kan’on

Etymology

大 (“large”) +‎ 後 (“post-”) +‎ 頭 (“head”) +‎ 直 (“straight”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus rēctus capitis posterior major

Noun

大(だい)後(こう)頭(とう)直(ちょく)筋(きん) • (daikōtōchokukin) 

  1. (anatomy) a rectus capitis posterior major muscle
    Antonym: 小後頭直筋 (shōkōtōchokukin)
    Hypernym: 直筋 (chokkin)
    Coordinate term: 前頭直筋 (zentōchokukin)

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