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MeSH Heading: Paraspinal Muscles
Tree Number(s): A02.633.567.175.750
Unique ID: D064170
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064170
Scope Note: Deep muscles in the BACK whose function is to extend and rotate the SPINE and maintain POSTURE. It consists splenius, semispinalis, multifidus, rotatores, interspinales, intertransversarii and sacrospinalis.
Entry Term(s): Deep Muscles of the Back; Interspinales; Intertransversales; Intertransversarii; Intrinsic Muscles of the Back; Multifidus; Rotatores; Sacrospinalis Iliocostalis; Sacrospinalis Longissimus; Sacrospinalis Spinalis; Semispinalis; Splenius
Previous Indexing: Muscle, Skeletal (1972-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Date Introduced: 2014/01/01
Last Updated: 2014/01/01

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immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

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surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

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Paraspinal Muscles MeSH Descriptor Data 2026