Rotatores muscles

Rotatores muscles
The rotatores muscles as viewed from behind.
Details
Origin	Transverse process
Insertion	Junction of transverse process and lamina, spinous process
Nerve	Posterior rami of spinal nerves
Identifiers
Latin	Musculi rotatores
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12550562
TA	A04.3.02.210
FMA	23081
Anatomical terms of muscle []

The rotatores muscles (rotatores spinae muscles) lie beneath the multifidus and are present in all spinal regions but are most prominent in the thoracic region; they are eleven in number on either side.

Each muscle is small and somewhat quadrilateral in form; it arises from the superior and posterior part of the transverse process, and is inserted into the lower border and lateral surface of the lamina of the vertebra above, the fibers extending as far as the root of the spinous process.

The first thoracic rotatores muscle is found between the first and second thoracic vertebrae; the last, between the eleventh and twelfth. Sometimes the number of these muscles is diminished by the absence of one or more from the upper or lower end. The Rotatores muscles have a high density of proprioceptors and have been implicated in postural control.

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