512 



HUMAN ANATOMY. 



3. MuLTiFiDUS (Figs. 520, 521). 



Attachments. — The multitidus {miiltijidus spines^ constitutes the middle layer 

 of the muscles occupying the groove between the transverse and spinous processes 



Intertransversales, 

 posteriores 



Levatores costarum 



Rotatores 



Levatores costarum 



Interspinales, 



Intertransversales 

 laterales 



Multifidus 



\>.Multifidu3 



Deep muscles of back. 



of the vertebrae, and is covered, in the thoracic and cervical regions, by the semi- 

 spinalis. It takes its origin from the dorsal surface of the sacrum and from the trans- 



