Levatores costarum muscle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Levatores costarum muscle | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Deep muscles of the back. (Levatores costarum labeled vertically at center left.) | ||
| Latin | musculi levatores costarum | |
| Gray's | subject #117 403 | |
| Origin: | ||
| Insertion: | ||
| Blood: | ||
| Nerve: | ||
| Action: | ||
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12549574 | |
The Levatores costarum, twelve in number on either side, are small tendinous and fleshy bundles, which arise from the ends of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper eleven thoracic vertebrae; they pass obliquely downward and lateralward, like the fibers of the Intercostales externi, and each is inserted into the outer surface of the rib immediately below the vertebra from which it takes origin, between the tubercle and the angle (Levatores costarum breves).
Each of the four lower muscles divides into two fasciculi, one of which is inserted as above described; the other passes down to the second rib below its origin (Levatores costarum longi).
[edit] External links
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
