Semispinalis thoracis

Semispinalis thoracis
Deep muscles of the back (semispinalis dorsi visible at center left).
Details
Latin	Musculus semispinalis thoracis, musculus semispinalis dorsi
Origin	Transverse processes of the sixth to the tenth thoracic vertebrae
Insertion	Spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	m_22/12550719
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of muscle [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The semispinalis thoracis (or semispinalis dorsi) 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 vertebrae, and is inserted, by tendons, into the spinous processes of the upper four thoracic and lower two cervical vertebrae.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Image at ithaca.edu
• Semispinalis_thoracis at the Duke University Health System's Orthopedics program
• Cross section image: pembody/body8a - Plastination Laboratory at the Medical University of Vienna