Adductor muscle
Musculus adductor
About the adductor muscle of the horse
Adductor muscle is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus adductor. You can turn it above, see it in place in the back leg of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Adductor muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus adductor
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the adductor muscle
- What is the Latin name of the adductor muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the adductor muscle is called Musculus adductor.
- Where is the adductor muscle of the horse?
- Adductor muscle is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the adductor muscle inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse 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.
