Long muscle of the neck
Musculus longus colli
Flexes the neck, drawing it down, and bends it to one side.
About the long muscle of the neck of the horse
Long muscle of the neck is a muscle of the neck (neck), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus longus colli. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck 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 bodies of the cranial thoracic and caudal cervical vertebrae.
- Insertion
- The ventral crests of the cervical vertebrae in front, each bundle spanning two or three segments.
- Action
- Flexes the neck, drawing it down, and bends it to one side.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the cervical and the first thoracic 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
- Long muscle of the neck
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus longus colli
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The long muscle of the neck in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the long muscle of the neck
- What is the Latin name of the long muscle of the neck?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the long muscle of the neck is called Musculus longus colli.
- Where is the long muscle of the neck of the horse?
- Long muscle of the neck is a muscle of the neck (neck), on the left side.
- Where does the long muscle of the neck originate and insert?
- Origin: The bodies of the cranial thoracic and caudal cervical vertebrae. Insertion: The ventral crests of the cervical vertebrae in front, each bundle spanning two or three segments.
- What nerve supplies the long muscle of the neck?
- Ventral branches of the cervical and the first thoracic nerves.
- What does the long muscle of the neck do?
- Flexes the neck, drawing it down, and bends it to one side.
See the long muscle of the neck 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.
