Muscle Name: Rotatores

Medical Name:

• Rotatores

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle with multiple segments)

Movement:

• Rotation of the vertebral column
  • Rotating the spine to the opposite side
• Extension of the vertebral column (bilateral contraction)
  • Straightening the spine
• Stabilization of the vertebral column

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Transverse processes of all vertebrae
• Insertion:
  • Spinous processes of the vertebra above each origin
  • Each muscle segment spans 1-2 vertebrae

Related Muscles:

• Multifidus
• Semispinalis
• Erector Spinae
• Interspinales
• Intertransversarii

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