Transversospinalis
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A set of transversospinal muscles, collectively called the musculus transversospinalis', begins at the transverse processes and attaches upward to the spinal processes of the vertebrae.
This file has three sections:
- Musculus semispinalis - longer, more superficial bundles,
- Musculi multifidi - deeper bundles,
- Musculi rotatores - deeper, short muscles.
Innervation: of the dorsal branch of spinal nerves.
Function: erecting, bending and rotating the spine.
M.semispinalis capitis
M.multifidi
M.rotatores
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Related Articles[edit | edit source]
- CIHÁK, Radomír – GRIM, Miloš. Anatomy. 2nd, edit. and add edition. Grada Publishing, 2001. 516 pp. vol. 1. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.
