Levatores Costarum
Assists in elevation of thoracic rib cage. Located in the torso.
- Actions
- assists in elevation of thoracic rib cage
- Origin
- transverse processes of C7 to T12 vertebrae
- Insertion
- superior surfaces of ribs immediately inferior to preceding vertebrae
- Innervation
- dorsal rami – C8, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11