Levator costae III

Musculus levator costae III

  • Muscle
  • Chest
  • Paired: left and right
  • Horse

About the levator costae iii of the horse

Levator costae III is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus levator costae III. 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
Levator costae III
Latin (NAV)
Musculus levator costae III
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the levator costae iii

What is the Latin name of the levator costae iii?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator costae iii is called Musculus levator costae III.
Where is the levator costae iii of the horse?
Levator costae III is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.

See the levator costae iii 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.

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