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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversospinales_muscles ]

Synonyms: transverospinalis

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Term information

database cross reference
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Gray384.png

has related synonym

transversospinales muscle group

transversospinales

transversospinal group of muscles

musculi transversospinales

deep dorsal muscles

id

UBERON:0010990

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606