Frontoscutular muscle
Musculus frontoscutularis
Draws the scutiform cartilage forward, turning the ear.
About the frontoscutular muscle of the dog
Frontoscutular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus frontoscutularis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head 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
- Frontal bone and the zygomatic arch.
- Insertion
- Scutiform cartilage in front of the ear.
- Action
- Draws the scutiform cartilage forward, turning the ear.
- Nerve
- Auriculopalpebral branch of the facial 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
- Frontal bone
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Interscutularis
- Zygomaticoscutularis
- Zygomatic muscle
- Frontalis
- Temporalis
- Orbicular muscle of the eye
Terminology
- English
- Frontoscutular muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus frontoscutularis
- 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 capitis (Mm. auriculares)
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Ear: muscles of the auricle
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe head and ventral neck of the dog and cat; the ear
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 470
The frontoscutular muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the frontoscutular muscle
- What is the Latin name of the frontoscutular muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the frontoscutular muscle is called Musculus frontoscutularis.
- Where is the frontoscutular muscle of the dog?
- Frontoscutular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Which bones does the frontoscutular muscle attach to?
- Frontoscutular muscle takes hold of Frontal bone.
- Where does the frontoscutular muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Frontal bone and the zygomatic arch. Insertion: Scutiform cartilage in front of the ear.
- What nerve supplies the frontoscutular muscle?
- Auriculopalpebral branch of the facial nerve.
- What does the frontoscutular muscle do?
- Draws the scutiform cartilage forward, turning the ear.
See the frontoscutular 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.
