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Erector spinae muscles

Erector spinae
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The erector spinae muscle group
Details
Origin Spinous processes of T9-T12 thoracic vertebrae, medial slope of the dorsal segment of illiac crest
Insertion spinous processes of T1 and T2 thoracic vertebrae and the cervical vertebrae
Artery lateral sacral artery
Nerve posterior branch of spinal nerve
Actions extends the vertebral column
Antagonist rectus abdominis muscle
Identifiers
Latin Musculus erector spinae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
m_22/12550616
TA A04.3.02.002
FMA 71302
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The erector spinae (/ˌˈrɛktər ˈspn/ ə-REK-tər SPEYE-nee) or spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back.

The erector spinae is not just one muscle, but a bundle of muscles and tendons. It is paired and runs more or less vertically. It extends throughout the lumbar, thoracic and cervical regions, and lies in the groove to the side of the vertebral column. The erector spinae is covered in the lumbar and thoracic regions by the thoracolumbar fascia, and in the cervical region by the nuchal ligament.

This large muscular and tendinous mass varies in size and structure at different parts of the vertebral column. In the sacral region, it is narrow and pointed, and at its origin chiefly tendinous in structure. In the lumbar region, it is larger, and forms a thick fleshy mass. Further up, it is subdivided into three columns. They gradually diminish in size as they ascend to be inserted into the vertebrae and ribs.

The erector spinae arises from the anterior surface of a broad and thick tendon. It is attached to the medial crest of the sacrum, to the spinous processes of the lumbar and the eleventh and twelfth thoracic vertebrae and the supraspinous ligament, to the back part of the inner lip of the iliac crests, and to the lateral crests of the sacrum, where it blends with the sacrotuberous and posterior sacroiliac ligaments.


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