Interscutularis
Musculus interscutularis
Draws the ears together over the midline.
About the interscutularis of the dog
Interscutularis is a muscle of the head (head), in the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus interscutularis. 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
- Median fibrous raphe of the skull between the two scutiform cartilages.
- Insertion
- Scutiform cartilage.
- Action
- Draws the ears together over the midline.
- 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
- Parietal bone
- Interparietal bone
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Frontoscutular muscle
- Parietoscutularis
- Cervicoscutularis
- Temporalis
Terminology
- English
- Interscutularis
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus interscutularis
- 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
Questions about the interscutularis
- What is the Latin name of the interscutularis?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the interscutularis is called Musculus interscutularis.
- Where is the interscutularis of the dog?
- Interscutularis is a muscle of the head (head), in the body.
- Which bones does the interscutularis attach to?
- Interscutularis takes hold of Parietal bone and Interparietal bone.
- Where does the interscutularis originate and insert?
- Origin: Median fibrous raphe of the skull between the two scutiform cartilages. Insertion: Scutiform cartilage.
- What nerve supplies the interscutularis?
- Auriculopalpebral branch of the facial nerve.
- What does the interscutularis do?
- Draws the ears together over the midline.
See the interscutularis 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.
