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Rotatores

Muscular System

The rotatores are the deepest and shortest muscles of the transversospinales group, running from the transverse process of one vertebra to the root of the spinous process (lamina) of the vertebra above.

Types

  • Rotatores breves: attach to the vertebra immediately above.
  • Rotatores longi: skip one vertebra.
  • Location: best developed in the thoracic region, and variable in the lumbar and cervical regions.

Innervation

Posterior rami of the spinal nerves.

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