- Rotatores muscles
Muscle infobox
Name = Rotatores muscle
Latin = musculi rotatores
GraySubject = 115
GrayPage = 400
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Origin =transverse process
Insertion =spinous process
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Nerve = posterior branch
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DorlandsPre = m_22
DorlandsSuf = 12550562
The Rotatores (Rotatores spinae) lie beneath theMultifidus and are found only in thethoracic region; they are eleven in number on either side.Each muscle is small and somewhat quadrilateral in form; it arises from the upper and back part of the
transverse process , and is inserted into the lower border and lateral surface of thelamina of thevertebra above, the fibers extending as far as the root of thespinous process .The first is found between the first and second
thoracic vertebræ ; 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 postural control.cite book |author=McGill, Stuart |title=Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance |publisher=Wabuno |location=Ontario, Canada |year=2004 |pages=325 |isbn=978-0973501803 |oclc= |doi=]References
External links
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* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/muscletrunk.html#long%20rotators PT - Long]
* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/muscletrunk.html#short%20rotators PT - Short]
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