Cervical rhomboid muscle
Musculus rhomboideus cervicis
To draw the scapula upward and forward. When the limb is fixed the cervical part will elevate the neck.
About the cervical rhomboid muscle of the horse
Cervical rhomboid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus rhomboideus cervicis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck 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 funicular part of the ligamentum nuchae, from the second cervical to the second thoracic vertebra.
- Insertion
- The medial surface of the cartilage of the scapula.
- Action
- To draw the scapula upward and forward. When the limb is fixed the cervical part will elevate the neck.
- Nerve
- The dorsal scapular nerve and dorsal branches of the caudal cervical nerves.
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
- Cervical rhomboid muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus rhomboideus cervicis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the cervical rhomboid muscle
- What is the Latin name of the cervical rhomboid muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical rhomboid muscle is called Musculus rhomboideus cervicis.
- Where is the cervical rhomboid muscle of the horse?
- Cervical rhomboid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the cervical rhomboid muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The funicular part of the ligamentum nuchae, from the second cervical to the second thoracic vertebra. Insertion: The medial surface of the cartilage of the scapula.
- What nerve supplies the cervical rhomboid muscle?
- The dorsal scapular nerve and dorsal branches of the caudal cervical nerves.
- What does the cervical rhomboid muscle do?
- To draw the scapula upward and forward. When the limb is fixed the cervical part will elevate the neck.
See the cervical rhomboid 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.
