longissimus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin longissimus. === Noun === longissimus (plural longissimi) (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae. 1967, University of Missouri - Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Bulletin (issues 912-929, page 35) Bull carcasses have greater longissimus muscle area per unit weight, less trimmable fat, and, consequently, a higher yield of retailable meat than either steer or heifer carcasses. == Latin == === Adjective === longissimus (superlative, feminine longissima, neuter longissimum); first/second declension superlative degree of longus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== porta itinerī longissima