Medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle
Musculus sacrocaudalis dorsalis medialis
Raises the tail.
About the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle of the horse
Medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus sacrocaudalis dorsalis medialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail 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
- Spinous processes of the last lumbar and the sacral vertebrae.
- Insertion
- Dorsal surfaces of the caudal vertebrae.
- Action
- Raises the tail.
- Nerve
- Dorsal branches of the caudal 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
- Medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sacrocaudalis dorsalis medialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle
- What is the Latin name of the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle is called Musculus sacrocaudalis dorsalis medialis.
- Where is the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle of the horse?
- Medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Spinous processes of the last lumbar and the sacral vertebrae. Insertion: Dorsal surfaces of the caudal vertebrae.
- What nerve supplies the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle?
- Dorsal branches of the caudal nerves.
- What does the medial dorsal sacrocaudal muscle do?
- Raises the tail.
See the medial dorsal sacrocaudal 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.
