Dog · Muscle · Pelvic limb
Caudal crural abductor
Musculus abductor cruris caudalis
Abducts the pelvic limb and assists flexion of the stifle.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Distal sacrotuberous ligament near the ischiatic tuberosity, via a slender flat tendon.
- Insertion
- Crural fascia on the lateral leg, blending with the biceps femoris.
- Action
- Abducts the pelvic limb and assists flexion of the stifle.
- Nerve
- Sciatic nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
What it works on
Narrow ribbon deep to the caudal border of biceps femoris, alongside the sciatic nerve.
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Biceps muscle of the thigh
- Semitendinosus
- Gluteus superficialis
- Sacrotuberous ligament
Terminology
- English
- Caudal crural abductor
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus abductor cruris caudalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
References
Where to read this structure in full, and where the named parts above were read.
- NAV 2017Myologia: musculi membri pelvini
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the pelvic limb
- König & LiebichMuscles of the pelvic limb
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe hindlimb of the carnivores
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 611
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