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Interspinales
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The Interspinales is a deep muscle of the back.

Anatomical Attachments:

  • Origin and insertion: This small muscle, when present, attaches to the spinous processes of one vertebra to another from C2 throughout the length of the spine to L5.

Action: Assists in extension of the vertebral column.

Vascular supply: Posterior intercostals, lumbar, and deep cervical branch of costocervical trunk arteries.

 

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