Question

The muscle that originates on the sacrum and transverse process of each vertebra and inserts on the spinous process of the third or fourth more superior vertebra is the ________ muscle.

Answer 1

Answer:

The muscle that originates on the sacrum and transverse process of each vertebra and inserts on the spinous process of the third or fourth more superior vertebra is the Longissimus muscle

Explanation:

The Longissimus is a group made of three muscles: longissimus capitis, longissimus cervicis and longissimus thoracis. It has the length of the vertebral column.

It is placed in the back, and as the statement says, it originates on the sacrum and transverse of each vertebra. Each of them originates at the transverse elements and insert in the costal ones.