Dorsal scalene muscle
Musculus scalenus dorsalis
About the dorsal scalene muscle of the dog
Dorsal scalene muscle is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus scalenus dorsalis. Digitations interdigitate with the external abdominal oblique. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
What it works on
Digitations interdigitate with the external abdominal oblique.
Bones it takes hold of
- Ribs
- Scapula
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Cervical part of the ventral serrate muscle
- External abdominal oblique muscle
- Scalenus
- Latissimus dorsi
- Subscapularis
- Intercostales externi
Terminology
- English
- Dorsal scalene muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus scalenus dorsalis
- 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
Questions about the dorsal scalene muscle
- What is the Latin name of the dorsal scalene muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the dorsal scalene muscle is called Musculus scalenus dorsalis.
- Where is the dorsal scalene muscle of the dog?
- Dorsal scalene muscle is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.
- Which bones does the dorsal scalene muscle attach to?
- Dorsal scalene muscle takes hold of Ribs and Scapula.
See the dorsal scalene muscle 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.
