Cervical intertransverse muscles
Musculi intertransversarii
Bend the vertebral column to the side and steady it.
About the cervical intertransverse muscles of the dog
Cervical intertransverse muscles is a muscle of the neck (neck), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculi intertransversarii. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
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
- Transverse, articular or mamillary process of one vertebra.
- Insertion
- The matching process of the next vertebra, or of one a few segments on.
- Action
- Bend the vertebral column to the side and steady it.
- Nerve
- Dorsal and ventral branches of the spinal nerves of their segments.
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
Bones it takes hold of
- Rib 1
- Cervical vertebrae
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Scalenus dorsalis
- Scalenus ventralis
- Long muscle of the neck
- Cervical part of the ventral serrate muscle
Terminology
- English
- Cervical intertransverse muscles
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculi intertransversarii
- 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
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the neck
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe neck, back and vertebral column of the dog and cat
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 507
The cervical intertransverse muscles in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the cervical intertransverse muscles
- What is the Latin name of the cervical intertransverse muscles?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical intertransverse muscles is called Musculi intertransversarii.
- Where is the cervical intertransverse muscles of the dog?
- Cervical intertransverse muscles is a muscle of the neck (neck), on the left side.
- Which bones does the cervical intertransverse muscles attach to?
- Cervical intertransverse muscles takes hold of Rib 1 and Cervical vertebrae.
- Where does the cervical intertransverse muscles originate and insert?
- Origin: Transverse, articular or mamillary process of one vertebra. Insertion: The matching process of the next vertebra, or of one a few segments on.
- What nerve supplies the cervical intertransverse muscles?
- Dorsal and ventral branches of the spinal nerves of their segments.
- What does the cervical intertransverse muscles do?
- Bend the vertebral column to the side and steady it.
See the cervical intertransverse muscles inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
