Description
The transversospinal (transversospinales) muscles are one of three groups of muscles found in the deep layer of the intrinsic muscles of the back. Overall, the transversospinal muscles are involved in movements of the head, neck and trunk.
The transversospinal muscles consist of three individual muscles. From superficial to deep, these muscles are the:
- semispinalis;
- multifidus;
- rotatores.
This group of muscles is known as the “transversospinal muscles” because they originate from transverse processes and insert onto spinous processes of vertebrae.
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