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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, one of the muscles of the fifth or deepest layer of the back, consisting of many fleshy and tendinous fasciculi which pass obliquely upward and inward from one vertebra to another, the whole filling the groove between the spinous and transverse processes from the sacrum to the axis: more fully called the multifidus spinæ; and also
fidispinalis .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A thin
muscle consisting of a number offleshy andtendinous fasciculi that fill up thegroove on either side of thespinous processes of thevertebrae , from thesacrum to theaxis .
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact b ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The novel design of a deep muscle along the spinal column called the multifidus muscle may in fact be key to spinal support and a healthy back, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
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The multifidus is a muscle that lies along your spine from your neck to your pelvis, with short fibers connecting one bone (vertebra) of the spine to other vertebrae near it.
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The multifidus is a muscle that lies along your spine from your neck to your pelvis, with short fibers connecting one bone (vertebra) of the spine to other vertebrae near it.
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This type of training engages and increases the activation of the core muscles consisting of pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae (sacrospinalis) especially the longissimus thoracis, and the diaphragm.
David Buer: Effects Of Training On Unstable Surfaces For Sports Performance 2009
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