Deep pectoral muscle
Musculus pectoralis profundus
Draws the limb back and toward the trunk; with the limb planted it pulls the trunk forward.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
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
- Ventral surface of the sternum and the xiphoid cartilage, the caudal costal cartilages and the tunica flava of the abdomen.
- Insertion
- The humerus at its lesser tubercle, with part to the greater tubercle.
- Action
- Draws the limb back and toward the trunk; with the limb planted it pulls the trunk forward.
- Nerve
- Caudal pectoral 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
- Deep pectoral muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus pectoralis profundus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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