Coccygeus
Musculus coccygeus
About the coccygeus of the horse
Coccygeus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus coccygeus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Coccygeus
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus coccygeus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the coccygeus
- What is the Latin name of the coccygeus?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the coccygeus is called Musculus coccygeus.
- Where is the coccygeus of the horse?
- Coccygeus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
See the coccygeus 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.
