THORACIC VERTEBRA-TRANSVERSE PROCESSES
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SUMMARY
1. Junction of the pedicle and the lamina
2. Carries the costal facet
3. Tip of the TP gives attachment to the costotransverse ligament
4. The upper & lower borders carry weak intertransverse ligaments & muscles
MUSCULAR ATTACHMENTS
5. Components of the transversospinales: rotators, multifidus, semispinalis thoracis, semispinalis cervicis
6. Component of the erector spinae: longismus thoracis
Image: Case courtesy of Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org. From the case rID: 89515
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
