What is the Latin name of the cervical part of the trapezius?

In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical part of the trapezius is called Musculus trapezius pars cervicalis.

Which bones does the cervical part of the trapezius attach to?

Cervical part of the trapezius takes hold of Scapula.

Where does the cervical part of the trapezius originate and insert?

Origin: Median cervical raphe plus the supraspinous ligament over the cranial thoracic spines. Insertion: Spine of the scapula, the cervical part toward its dorsal end.

What nerve supplies the cervical part of the trapezius?

Dorsal branch of the accessory nerve.

Cervical part of the trapezius

Musculus trapezius pars cervicalis

Muscle
Neck
Paired: left and right
Dog

Raises the forelimb and swings the scapula cranially or caudally against the trunk.

About the cervical part of the trapezius of the dog

Cervical part of the trapezius is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus trapezius pars cervicalis. 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: Median cervical raphe plus the supraspinous ligament over the cranial thoracic spines.
Insertion: Spine of the scapula, the cervical part toward its dorsal end.
Action: Raises the forelimb and swings the scapula cranially or caudally against the trunk.
Nerve: Dorsal branch of the accessory 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

Bones it takes hold of

Scapula

Muscles and ligaments it works with

Terminology

English: Cervical part of the trapezius
Latin (NAV): Musculus trapezius pars cervicalis
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 colli, trunci et membri thoracici (extrinsic muscles of the thoracic limb)
Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the thoracic limb (extrinsic)
König & LiebichMuscles of the thoracic limb
Dyce, Sack & WensingThe forelimb of the carnivores
Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 510

Questions about the cervical part of the trapezius

What is the Latin name of the cervical part of the trapezius?: In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical part of the trapezius is called Musculus trapezius pars cervicalis.
Where is the cervical part of the trapezius of the dog?: Cervical part of the trapezius is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
Which bones does the cervical part of the trapezius attach to?: Cervical part of the trapezius takes hold of Scapula.
Where does the cervical part of the trapezius originate and insert?: Origin: Median cervical raphe plus the supraspinous ligament over the cranial thoracic spines. Insertion: Spine of the scapula, the cervical part toward its dorsal end.
What nerve supplies the cervical part of the trapezius?: Dorsal branch of the accessory nerve.
What does the cervical part of the trapezius do?: Raises the forelimb and swings the scapula cranially or caudally against the trunk.

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