rotator muscle of the vertebral column

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Any of a number of short transversospinal muscles chiefly developed in cervical, lumbar, and thoracic regions, arising from the transverse process of one vertebra and inserted into the root of the spinous process of the next two or three vertebrae above, with nerve supply from the dorsal branches of the spinal nerve, and whose actions rotate the vertebral column. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rotator+muscle ]

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SCTID:244872002
FMA:23081

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rotator muscle

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UBERON:0000951

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Rotator muscle

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muscle organ and part of some dorsum and has muscle origin some transverse process of vertebra and has muscle insertion some neural spine

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muscle organ
dorsal region element
has muscle origin some transverse process of vertebra
has muscle insertion some neural spine