See Also: musculi rotatores(medicine)
musculi rotatores cervicis(medicine)
musculi rotatores lumborum(medicine)
musculi rotatores thoracis(medicine)
Nouvelle (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
nouvelle(1)(dictionary)
nouvelle(2)(dictionary)
nouvelle cuisine(encyclopedia)
nouvelle cuisine(dictionary)
nouvelle vague(dictionary)

Nouvelle (as used in expressions) (sh) and musculi rotatores (medicine)


Nouvelle (as used in expressions) (sh)


musculi rotatores (medicine)


musculi rotatores -->
rotatores muscles


Deepest of the three layers of transversospinalis muscles, chiefly developed in the thoracic region; they arise from the transverse process of one vertebra and are inserted into the root of the spinous process of the next two or three vertebrae above; action, traditionally described as a column, it is more likely that these muscles, provided with a very high density of muscle spindles, are organs of proprioception; nerve supply, dorsal primary rami of the spinal nerves.

Synonym: musculi rotatores, rotator muscles.