QUADRATUS LUMBORUM – QL
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- Location: posterior abdominal wall
- Attachments:
– Origin: iliac crest and iliolumbar ligament
– Insertion: inferior margin of 12th rib and upper four lumbar transverse processes - Blood supply: branches of the lumbar arteries; other smaller arterial branches, as described below
- Innervation: ventral rami of the 12th thoracic nerve; L1-L4 spinal nerves
- Action: extension and lateral flexion of vertebral column; fixes 12th rib during inspiration to stabilize the diaphragm
YOUTUBE
- Anatomy Zone – Muscles of the Posterior Abdominal Wall .