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WRITTEN BY SANDER VAN BERGEN ON 09-01-2014 13:00:00. POSTED IN SPINE

The Erector Spinae muscle group (Image by: )

Test your knowledge: The M. Erector Spinae

Question:

We’ll start off 2014 with a simple question to get you all warmed up!Which muscles areforming the M. Erector spinae? Please name more than 5 muscles!

Answer:

The Erector Spinae muscle group consists of the next 9 muscles and muscle bellies:

- Iliocostalis pars cervicis - Iliocostalis pars thoracis - Iliocostalis pars thoracis + pars lumborum

- Longissimus pars capitis - Longissimus pars cervicis - Longissimus pars thoracis + pars lumborum

- Spinalis pars capitis - Spinalis pars cervicis - Spinalis pars thoracis

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Components of the Erector Spinae in the transverse plane (Image by: backache.co.kr)