See Also: intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
thoracic intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
lateral lumbar intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
medial lumbar intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
posterior cervical intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
anterior cervical intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
medial part of posterior cervical intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
lateral part of posterior cervical intertransversarii muscles(medicine)
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musculi intertransversarii(medicine)

Thyroid hormone (medicine) and intertransversarii muscles (medicine)


Thyroid hormone (medicine)


thyroid hormone
<endocrinology> Thyroxine and tri iodothyronine are hormones secreted by the thyroid gland in vertebrates. These iodinated aromatic amino acid compounds influence growth and metabolism and, in amphibia, metamorphosis. The hormone calcitonin which has hypocalcaemic effects is also of thyroid origin but is not usually classed with thyroxine and tri iodothyronine as a thyroid hormone.


intertransversarii muscles (medicine)


intertransversarii muscles


The paired muscles between transverse processes of adjacent vertebrae; there are anterior and posterior muscles in the cervical region; lateral and medial muscles in the lumbar region; and single muscles in the thoracic region.

Synonym: musculi intertransversarii, intertransverse muscles.