A bundle of muscles and tendons that is paired and runs more or less vertically. It extends throughout the lumbar, thoracic and cervical regions, and lies in the groove to the side of the vertebral column. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erector_spinae_muscles ]

Synonyms: erector spinae extensor spinae extensor spinae muscles sacrospinalis

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Gray1124.png

external ontology notes

isa muscle organ in MA.

has related synonym

extensor spinae muscle

m. erector spinae

erector spinalis

id

UBERON:0002462