Cervical multifidus muscle
Musculi multifidi
Extends the spine and rotates it; a stabiliser rather than a mover.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Neck
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Mamillary and transverse processes of the vertebrae, in a series of short oblique bundles.
- Insertion
- Spinous process of a vertebra two to four segments cranial to the origin.
- Action
- Extends the spine and rotates it; a stabiliser rather than a mover.
- Nerve
- Dorsal branches of the spinal nerves.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
What it works on
Bones it takes hold of
- Rib 1
- Cervical vertebrae
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Scalenus dorsalis
- Scalenus ventralis
- Longus colli
- Serratus ventralis cervicis
Terminology
- English
- Cervical multifidus muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculi multifidi
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
References
Where to read this structure in full, and where the named parts above were read.
- NAV 2017Myologia
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the neck
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe neck, back and vertebral column of the dog and cat
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 507