Name

Intertransversi

Pronunciation

(in-ter-TRANS-v er-SA-ri)

Origin/Proximal Attachment

Transverse processes of each vertebra. Most prominent in the lumbar spine

Insertion/Distal Attachment

Onto transverse processes of vertebrae immediately above

Action/Relevance

Help to extend vertebral columnLateral flexion intersegmentally

Innervation

Dorsal rami of spinal nerves