Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle
Musculus longissimus
About the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle of the horse
Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus longissimus. 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
- Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus longissimus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle
- What is the Latin name of the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle is called Musculus longissimus.
- Where is the longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle of the horse?
- Longissimus thoracis et lumborum muscle is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the longissimus thoracis et lumborum 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.
