Group · Muscular system
Transversospinal muscles
Musculi transversospinales
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk, Back
- Part of
- Epaxial muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The transversospinales are a group of muscles of the human back.
Their combined action is rotation and extension of the vertebral column.
These muscles are small and have a poor mechanical advantage for contributing to motion.
They include:
- the three semispinalis muscles, spanning 4-6 vertebral segments
- semispinalis thoracis
- semispinalis cervicis
- semispinalis capitis
- multifidus, spanning 2-4 vertebral segments
- rotatores, spanning 1-2 vertebral segments
- rotatores cervicis
- rotatores thoracis
- rotatores lumborum
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Musculi transversospinales
- English
- Transversospinal muscles
- French
- Muscle transversaire épineux
- Spanish
- Músculos transversoespinosos
- Portuguese
- Músculos transversospinais