Gemellus muscles
Musculi gemelli
Turns the thigh outward.
About the gemellus muscles of the horse
Gemellus muscles is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculi gemelli. 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 border of the ischium near the ischiatic spine.
- Insertion
- The trochanteric fossa and ridge of the femur, partly into the tendon of the internal obturator.
- Action
- Turns the thigh outward.
- Nerve
- The sciatic 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
- Gemellus muscles
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculi gemelli
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the gemellus muscles
- What is the Latin name of the gemellus muscles?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the gemellus muscles is called Musculi gemelli.
- Where is the gemellus muscles of the horse?
- Gemellus muscles is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the gemellus muscles originate and insert?
- Origin: The lateral border of the ischium near the ischiatic spine. Insertion: The trochanteric fossa and ridge of the femur, partly into the tendon of the internal obturator.
- What nerve supplies the gemellus muscles?
- The sciatic nerve.
- What does the gemellus muscles do?
- Turns the thigh outward.
See the gemellus muscles 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.
