muscle: levatores costarum

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Muskeln Übersichtskarte kurze Intervertebrale Obliquus capitis superior Rectus capitis posterior minor Rectus capitis posterior major Obliquus capitis inferior Spinalis cervicis Longissimus cervicis Semispinalis dorsi Levatores costarum Multifidi Quadratus lumborum Longissimus capitis Semispinalis capitis Longissimus cervicis Iliocostalis cervicis Iliocostalis dorsi Longissimus thoracis Spinalis thoracis Iliocostalis lumborum

Mm. levatores costarum


Origin: transverse processes of the 7th cervical vertebra to the 11th thoracic vertebra
Attachment: levatores costarum breves attach to the next lower rib, the levatores costarum longi muscles attach to the next but one lower rib
Innervation: Rami posteriores of the spinal nerves
Antagonists:
Movement: Extension and lateral flexion as well as slight rotation of the spine