Medial lumbar intertransversarius

Looks like

Small muscles between the lumbar vertebrae, from a small bony knob on one vertebra to the one above.

What it does

Help bend the spine sideways and sense its position.

Keeping it well

Powered by the back branches of spinal nerves; not a common cause of symptoms.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus