Back العضلات الشوكية النصفية Arabic Músculs semiespinosos Catalan Muskulu semiespinoso Basque ماهیچههای نیمخاری Persian Muscle semi-épineux French 半棘筋 Japanese Musculus semispinalis Latin Musculus semispinalis Dutch 半棘肌 Chinese
| Semispinalis muscles | |
|---|---|
 Deep muscles of the back. Semispinalis muscles labelled and shown in red. Capitis uppermost, cervicis top centre left, thoracis centre right | |
| Details | |
| Nerve | Greater occipital nerve |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | musculi semispinalis |
| TA98 | A04.3.02.206 |
| TA2 | 2280 |
| FMA | 22823 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The semispinalis muscles are a group of three muscles belonging to the transversospinales. These are the semispinalis capitis, the semispinalis cervicis and the semispinalis thoracis.