Interspinales muscles

Interspinales muscles
Details
Origin Spinous process
Insertion Spinous process
Nerve Posterior rami of spinal nerves
Actions Extension of vertebral column.
Identifiers
Latin Musculi interspinales
TA A04.3.02.301
FMA 22841

Anatomical terms of muscle

The interspinales are short muscular fasciculi, placed in pairs between the spinous processes of the contiguous vertebrae, one on either side of the interspinal ligament.

See also

Intertransversarii

Iliocostalis

Longissimus

Spinalis

Levatores costarum

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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