Descending pectoral muscle
Musculus pectoralis descendens
About the descending pectoral muscle of the horse
Descending pectoral muscle is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus pectoralis descendens. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Descending pectoral muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus pectoralis descendens
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The descending pectoral muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the descending pectoral muscle
- What is the Latin name of the descending pectoral muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the descending pectoral muscle is called Musculus pectoralis descendens.
- Where is the descending pectoral muscle of the horse?
- Descending pectoral muscle is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.
See the descending pectoral 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.
