Transversospinales muscles
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| Transversospinales muscles | |
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| Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. | |
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| Deep muscles of the back. | |
| Latin | musculi transversospinales |
| Gray's | subject #115 400 |
| Origin | transverse process |
| Insertion | spinous process |
| Artery: | |
| Nerve: | posterior branches |
| Action: | |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | m_22/12551199 |
The transversospinales muscles are a group of muscles of the human back. They include:
- semispinalis, spanning 4-6 vertebral segments
- multifidus, spanning 2-4 vertebral segments
- rotatores, spanning 1-2 vertebral segments
- rotatores cervicis
- rotatores thoracis
- rotatores lumborum
External links
- transversospinales+%28muscles%29 at eMedicine Dictionary
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