multifidus muscle

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Introduction

Intermediate layer of deepest muscles of the back.

Origin

Insertion

spinous processes of C2-C7

Action

rotates vertebral column

Innervation

dorsal rami of spinal nerves

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999