This muscle extends and rotates the vertebral column toward the opposite side of the body.Its inferior attachment is on the sacrum and transverse processes of each vertebra,and its superior attachment is the spinous processes of more superior vertebrae.
A)Multifidus
B)Interspinales
C)Intertransversarii
D)Rotators
E)Quadratus lumborum

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The muscle described is the multifidus, which extends and rotates the vertebral column towards the opposite side of the body. Its inferior attachment is on the sacrum and transverse processes of each vertebrae, while its superior attachment is the spinous processes of more superior vertebrae. The other choices (interspinales, intertransversarii, rotators, and quadratus lumborum) do not fit the description provided.

This Muscle Extends and Rotates the Vertebral Column Toward the Opposite