Superficial cervicoauricular muscle
Musculus cervicoauricularis superficialis
Raises the ear and turns its opening outward.
About the superficial cervicoauricular muscle of the dog
Superficial cervicoauricular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus cervicoauricularis superficialis. 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
- The median raphe over the back of the neck.
- Insertion
- Dorsal part of the auricle, near its base.
- Action
- Raises the ear and turns its opening outward.
- Nerve
- Caudal auricular 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
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Cervicoauricularis medius
- Cervicoscutularis
- Platysma
- Parietoauricularis
- Nuchal ligament
- Splenius muscle
Terminology
- English
- Superficial cervicoauricular muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus cervicoauricularis superficialis
- 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. 471
Questions about the superficial cervicoauricular muscle
- What is the Latin name of the superficial cervicoauricular muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial cervicoauricular muscle is called Musculus cervicoauricularis superficialis.
- Where is the superficial cervicoauricular muscle of the dog?
- Superficial cervicoauricular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the superficial cervicoauricular muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The median raphe over the back of the neck. Insertion: Dorsal part of the auricle, near its base.
- What nerve supplies the superficial cervicoauricular muscle?
- Caudal auricular branch of the facial nerve.
- What does the superficial cervicoauricular muscle do?
- Raises the ear and turns its opening outward.
See the superficial cervicoauricular 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.
