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Q: What muscle extends the vertebral column?
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What deep muscle that extends the vertebral column?

Erector Spinae


What extends vertebral column?

Erector Spinae


What extends the vertebral column and head and rotates them to the opposite side?

Semispinalis


The spinal cord extends from the -------- of the skull to the ------------- region of the vertebral column?

It extends from the medulla oblongata to the first or second lumbar vertebra (L1 or L2).


What muscle is located on the sides of the vertebral column?

Erector spinae are the muscles that move the vertebral column.It is the largest muscle mass of the back, forming a prominent bulge on either side of the vertebral column.It is the chief extensor of the vertebral column. It is also important in controlling flexion, lateral flexion and rotation of the vertebral column and in maintaining the lumbar curve, because the main mass of the muslce is in the lumbar region.Consists of: iliocostalis, longissimus and spinalis.Erector spinae are the muscles that move the vertebral column.


What organ protects the spinal cord?

Your vertebral column protects the spinal cord. Vertebral column is supported by strong ligaments. Most importantly the muscle tone is there, which act on vertebral column, to protect your spinal cord.


What muscle is used in flexing your vertebral column as you bend forward from the waist?

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Unilateral contraction of which muscle causes ipsilateral flexion of the lumbar vertebral column?

Quadratus Lumborum


What is the vertebral column to the skull?

The vertebral column is inferior to the skull.


Is the vertebral column posterior to the sternum?

the sternum is anterior to the vertebral column


Is the vertebral column is posterior to the sternum?

the sternum is anterior to the vertebral column


What does under cut meat mean?

This is probably the meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column.