Pelvic Floor Muscles
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Pelvic Floor Muscles

Overview Your pelvic floor comprises muscles and connective tissues that support vital pelvic organs such as your bladder, gut (large intestine), and internal reproductive organs. Your pelvic floor muscles keep these organs in place while allowing you to move around and perform biological functions like peeing, pooping, and sex. Your pelvic floor muscles, along with…

Lumbrical Muscle of the Hand
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Lumbrical Muscle of the Hand

Description The lumbrical muscles are a group of four small intrinsic muscles located in the hand. They are named for their similarity to small earthworms or “lumbrical.” These muscles are responsible for various movements and functions within the hand. Because of their worm-like impression (lumbrical means earthworm in Latin), the 4 short intrinsic muscles of…

Erector Spinae Muscle
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Erector Spinae Muscle

Introduction The erector spinae (ES) muscles are large muscles, and the superficial muscles lie just deeply into the thoracolumbar fascia and it originates from the erector spinae aponeurosis (ESA). The proximal part extension on the sacrum bone, the spinous processes of the lumbar vertebrae body, and the erector spinae aponeurosis are all locations where the…