半棘筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半	棘	筋
はん Grade: 2	きょく Hyōgaiji	きん Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

半 (“semi-”) +‎ 棘 (“spine”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus sēmispīnālis

Noun

半(はん)棘(きょく)筋(きん) • (hankyokukin) 

1. (anatomy) a semispinalis muscle

   Hyponyms: 胸半棘筋 (kyōhankyokukin), 頸半棘筋 (keihankyokukin), 頭半棘筋 (tōhankyokukin)

   Coordinate term: 棘筋 (kyokukin)