Semispinalis dorsi
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| Semispinalis dorsi | |
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| Deep muscles of the back. (Semispinalis dorsi visible at center left.) | |
| Latin | musculus semispinalis thoracis, musculus semispinalis dorsi |
| Gray's | subject #115 400 |
| Origin | transverse processes of the sixth to the tenth thoracic vertebræ |
| Insertion | spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae |
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| Dorlands /Elsevier |
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The Semispinalis dorsi (or semispinalis thoracis) consists of thin, narrow, fleshy fasciculi, interposed between tendons of considerable length.
It arises by a series of small tendons from the transverse processes of the sixth to the tenth thoracic vertebræ, and is inserted, by tendons, into the spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae.
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