Transversospinales muscles

Transversospinales muscles
Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli.
Deep muscles of the back.
Latin	musculi transversospinales
Gray's	subject #115 400
Origin	transverse process
Insertion	spinous process
Artery
Nerve	posterior branches
Actions

The transversospinal muscles are a group of muscles of the human back. Their combined action is rotation and extension of the vertebral column. They include:

• semispinalis, spanning 4-6 vertebral segments
  • semispinalis dorsi
  • semispinalis cervicis
  • semispinalis capitis
• 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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