Transversospinales

{{Short description|Muscles of the spine}}

{{Infobox muscle

| Name = Transversospinales

| Latin = musculi transversospinales

| Image = Gray384.png

| Caption = Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli.

| Image2 = Gray389.png

| Caption2 = Deep muscles of the back.

| Origin = Transverse process

| Insertion = Spinous process

| Blood =

| Nerve = Posterior ramus of spinal nerve

| Action = Extend vertebral column (bilateral contraction); rotate vertebral column (unilateral contraction)

| Antagonist =

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The transversospinales are a group of muscles of the human back. Their combined action is rotation and extension of the vertebral column. These muscles are small and have a poor mechanical advantage for contributing to motion. They include: the three semispinalis muscles, the multifidus muscle, and the rotatores muscles.