Variability on the area of origin and insertion of the <i>M</i>. <i>longissimus capitis</i>, <i>pars transversalis cervicis</i> for members of Subfamily Epictinae.

Abbreviations: 1 = anterior limit of origin; 2 = posterior limit of origin; 3 = dorsal portion; “V” represents vertebrae of origin where V1 = atlas, V2 = axis, V3 = first thoracolombar vertebra and so on.