See Also: rectus capitis anterior(medicine)
musculus rectus capitis anterior(medicine)
rectus capitis lateralis(medicine)
musculus rectus capitis lateralis(medicine)
rectus capitis posterior major(medicine)
rectus capitis posterior minor(medicine)
musculus rectus capitis posticus major(medicine)
musculus rectus capitis anticus minor(medicine)
musculus rectus capitis posticus minor(medicine)
anterior rectus muscle of head(medicine)

Bell, Gertrude (sh) and rectus capitis anterior (medicine)


Bell, Gertrude (sh)




born July 14, 1868, Washington Hall, Durham, Eng.
died July 12, 1926, Baghdad, Iraq

British traveler, writer, and colonial administrator.

After graduating from Oxford, she journeyed throughout the Middle East. After World War I she wrote a well-received report on the administration of Mesopotamia between the end of the war (1918) and the Iraqi rebellion of 1920 and later helped determine postwar boundaries. In 1921 she helped place a son of the sharif of Mecca, Faysal I, on the Iraqi throne. In helping create the National Museum of Iraq, she promoted the idea that excavated antiquities should stay in their country of origin.


rectus capitis anterior (medicine)


rectus capitis anterior
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, transverse process and lateral mass of atlas; insertion, basilar process of occipital bone; action, turns and inclines head forward; nerve supply, ventral primary ramus of first and second cervical spinal nerve.

Synonym: musculus rectus capitis anterior, anterior rectus muscle of head, musculus rectus capitis anticus minor.