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Abstract
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.
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- Deep Muscles of the Back
- Intrinsic Muscles of the Back
- Muscle, Paraspinal
- Muscles, Paraspinal
- Paraspinal Muscle
- Interspinales
- Intertransversales
- Intertransversarii
- Multifidus
- Rotatores
- Sacrospinalis Iliocostalis
- Sacrospinalis Longissimus
- Sacrospinalis Spinalis
- Semispinalis
- Splenius
- Iliocostali, Sacrospinalis
- Iliocostalis, Sacrospinalis
- Interspinale
- Intertransversale
- Intertransversarius
- Longissimus, Sacrospinalis
- Rotatore
- Sacrospinalis Iliocostali
- Sacrospinalis Spinali
- Semispinali
- Spinali, Sacrospinalis
- Spinalis, Sacrospinalis
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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History Note
2014
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Previous Indexing
- Muscle, Skeletal (1972-2013)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Paraspinal Muscles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064170. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064170
- Paraspinal Muscles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70076052