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Preferred term

Paraspinal Muscles  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Deep muscles in the BACK whose function is to extend and rotate the SPINE and maintain POSTURE. It consists splenius, semispinalis, multifidus, rotatores, interspinales, intertransversarii and sacrospinalis.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Deep Muscles of the Back
  • Intrinsic Muscles of the Back

In other languages

  • French

  • Muscles des gouttières vertébrales
  • Muscles intrinsèques du dos
  • Muscles paradorsaux
  • Muscles profonds du dos
  • Muscles propres du dos

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LPGTF9Z8-L

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