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Term:
rotator muscle of the vertebral column (UBERON:0000951)
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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
muscle organ +    
anterior dorsal fin basal cartilage (elasmobranchs) 
aponeurosis +  
auricular muscle +  
axochord 
bone of dorsum +  
branchiomeric muscle +  
caudal vertebra endochondral element +  
cervical vertebra endochondral element +  
chordate pharyngeal muscle +  
cloacal muscle +  
columnella muscle 
compressor glandulae muscle 
cremaster muscle 
cruciate ligament of atlas 
dorsal fin actinotrichium 
dorsal fin basal cartilage (elasmobranchs) 
dorsal fin ceratotrichial spine (elasmobranchs) 
dorsal fin radial element +  
esophagus muscle +  
eye muscle +  
eyelid muscle +  
femorothoracic muscle 
golgi tendon organ 
hemal arch +  
hypobranchial group muscle 
ilio-marsupialis muscle +  
iliothoracic muscle 
intercostal muscle +  
intermandibularis +  
intervertebral disk of cervical vertebra +  
intervertebral disk of lumbar vertebra 
intervertebral disk of sacral vertebra 
intervertebral disk of thoracic vertebra 
levator auris longus muscle 
longus colli muscle 
lumbar vertebra endochondral element +  
mantle muscle 
meninx of spinal cord +  
muscle belly +  
muscle head +  
muscle of Aristotle's lantern 
muscle of back +  
nuchal ligament 
occipitofrontalis muscle +  
oral siphon muscle 
orovelar muscle 
pennate muscle 
pericardial muscle 
pes anserinus of tibia 
posterior dorsal fin basal cartilage (elasmobranchs) 
pterygoideus glandulae muscle 
respiratory system muscle +  
retractor lateralis muscle +  
rhomboid 
rotator muscle of the vertebral column 
Any of a number of short transversospinal muscles chiefly developed in cervical, lumbar, and thoracic regions, arising from the transverse process of one vertebra and inserted into the root of the spinous process of the next two or three vertebrae above, with nerve supply from the dorsal branches of the spinal nerve, and whose actions rotate the vertebral column.
sacral vertebra endochondral element +  
sartorius muscle 
serratus muscle 
skeletal muscle organ, vertebrate +  
skin muscle +  
sphincter muscle +  
spinal cord +  
thoracic vertebra endochondral element +  
trigeminal nerve muscle +  
urophysis 
vasculature of muscle organ 
ventral lateral sacrocaudal muscle 
vestimentum muscle 
zygomaticomandibularis muscle 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: rotator muscle
Xrefs: FMA:23081 ;   SCTID:244872002
Definition Sources: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rotator+muscle

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