Muscular system
Longissimus thoracis muscle
Musculus longissimus thoracis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Trunk, Back
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Longissimus muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The longissimus (Latin for 'the longest one') is the muscle lateral to the semispinalis muscles.
It is the longest subdivision of the erector spinae muscles that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
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Muscle attachments
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Musculus longissimus thoracis
- English
- Longissimus thoracis muscle
- French
- Muscle longissimus du thorax
- Spanish
- Músculo longísimo del tórax
- Portuguese
- Músculo longuíssimo do tórax