semispinalis

semispinalis
semi·spi·na·lis -.spī-'nā-ləs n, pl -les -.lēz any of three muscles of the cervical and thoracic parts of the spinal column that arise from transverse processes of the vertebrae and pass to spinous processes higher up and that help to form a layer underneath the sacrospinalis muscle:
a) SEMISPINALIS THORACIS
b) SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS
c) SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS

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  • Semispinalis — Musculus semispinalis Rückenmuskulatur des Menschen (M. semispinalis thoracis und M. semispinalis cervicis nur links, M. semispinalis capitis nur rechts dargestellt) Ursprung Quer und Zitzenfortsätze der Brust und …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Semispinalis capitis — Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Semispinalis capitis visible at bottom right.) …   Wikipedia

  • semispinalis cervicis — semispinalis cer·vi·cis sər və səs n a deep longitudinal muscle of the back that arises from the transverse processes of the upper five or six thoracic vertebrae, is inserted into the cervical spinous processes from the axis to the fifth cervical …   Medical dictionary

  • semispinalis thoracis — semispinalis tho·ra·cis thə rā səs n a deep longitudinal muscle of the back that arises from the transverse processes of the lower five thoracic vertebrae, is inserted into the spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical… …   Medical dictionary

  • Semispinālis muscŭlus — (Semispinatus m.), Halbdornmuskel, s. Nackenrückenmuskel D) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • semispinalis capitis — semispinalis cap·i·tis kap ət əs n a deep longitudinal muscle of the back that arises esp. from the transverse processes of the upper six or seven thoracic and the seventh cervical vertebrae, is inserted on the outer surface of the occipital bone …   Medical dictionary

  • Semispinalis cervicis — Muscle infobox Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculus semispinalis cervicis GraySubject = 115 GrayPage = 400 Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Semispinalis… …   Wikipedia

  • Semispinalis dorsi — Muscle infobox Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculus semispinalis thoracis, musculus semispinalis dorsi GraySubject = 115 GrayPage = 400 Caption = Deep muscles of the back. (Semispinalis dorsi visible at center left.) Caption2 = Origin = transverse… …   Wikipedia

  • Semispinalis muscle — The semispinalis muscle is a transversospinalis muscle of the human body. More specifically, it is one of three muscles:* Semispinalis dorsi * Semispinalis cervicis * Semispinalis capitis …   Wikipedia

  • semispinalis muscle —       any of the deep muscles just to either side of the spine that arise from the transverse processes (side projections) of the lower vertebrae and reach upward across several vertebrae to insert at the spines of vertebrae farther up, except… …   Universalium

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