Levator muscle of rib 5

Musculus levator costae V

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

About the levator muscle of rib 5 of the horse

Levator muscle of rib 5 is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus levator costae V. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Levator muscle of rib 5
Latin (NAV)
Musculus levator costae V
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the levator muscle of rib 5

What is the Latin name of the levator muscle of rib 5?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the levator muscle of rib 5 is called Musculus levator costae V.
Where is the levator muscle of rib 5 of the horse?
Levator muscle of rib 5 is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.

See the levator muscle of rib 5 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.

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