Levator muscles of the ribs
Musculi levatores costarum
Pull the ribs cranially, supporting inspiration.
About the levator muscles of the ribs of the dog
Levator muscles of the ribs is a muscle of the body (trunk), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculi levatores costarum. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body 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 processes of the thoracic vertebrae.
- Insertion
- Cranial edge of the rib behind, close to its angle.
- Action
- Pull the ribs cranially, supporting inspiration.
- Nerve
- Thoracic spinal nerves of the matching 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.
Terminology
- English
- Levator muscles of the ribs
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculi levatores costarum
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The levator muscles of the ribs in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the levator muscles of the ribs
- What is the Latin name of the levator muscles of the ribs?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator muscles of the ribs is called Musculi levatores costarum.
- Where is the levator muscles of the ribs of the dog?
- Levator muscles of the ribs is a muscle of the body (trunk), on the left side.
- Where does the levator muscles of the ribs originate and insert?
- Origin: Transverse processes of the thoracic vertebrae. Insertion: Cranial edge of the rib behind, close to its angle.
- What nerve supplies the levator muscles of the ribs?
- Thoracic spinal nerves of the matching segments.
- What does the levator muscles of the ribs do?
- Pull the ribs cranially, supporting inspiration.
See the levator muscles of the ribs 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.
