Caudal tibial muscle
Musculus tibialis caudalis
Extends the hock and flexes the digit, with the deep digital flexor.
About the caudal tibial muscle of the horse
Caudal tibial 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 tibialis caudalis. 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.
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 lateral condyle of the tibia and the head of the fibula.
- Insertion
- Joins the tendon of the lateral deep flexor at the hock and so reaches the distal phalanx.
- Action
- Extends the hock and flexes the digit, with the deep digital flexor.
- Nerve
- The tibial nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Caudal tibial muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus tibialis caudalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the caudal tibial muscle
- What is the Latin name of the caudal tibial muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the caudal tibial muscle is called Musculus tibialis caudalis.
- Where is the caudal tibial muscle of the horse?
- Caudal tibial muscle is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the caudal tibial muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The lateral condyle of the tibia and the head of the fibula. Insertion: Joins the tendon of the lateral deep flexor at the hock and so reaches the distal phalanx.
- What nerve supplies the caudal tibial muscle?
- The tibial nerve.
- What does the caudal tibial muscle do?
- Extends the hock and flexes the digit, with the deep digital flexor.
See the caudal tibial 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.
