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Multifidus

Type
Muscle
Japanese
多裂筋
Reading
たれつきん
English
Multifidus
Latin
Musculus multifidus
Main functions
Posture / Trunk movement

Connections

Origin

  • Sacrum
  • Lumbar vertebrae (L1–L5)
  • Thoracic vertebrae (T1–T12)
  • Cervical vertebrae (C1–C7)
  • Ilium
  • Vertebral column

Insertion

  • Lumbar vertebrae (L1–L5)
  • Thoracic vertebrae (T1–T12)
  • Cervical vertebrae (C1–C7)
  • Vertebral column

Nerve supply

  • Spinal nerves

Part of

  • Transversospinales

Articles

  • Multifidus: location, how to remember it and English/Latin names
  • Multifidus: origin, insertion and function

Also mentioned in

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  • Spinalis cervicis: origin, insertion and action
  • Longissimus cervicis: origin, insertion, actions and position in 3D

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