Medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle
Musculus sacrocaudalis ventralis medialis
Flexes the tail and inclines it to its own side.
About the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle of the horse
Medial ventral 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 ventralis 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
- The ventral surface of the sacrum and of the first caudal vertebrae, near the midline.
- Insertion
- The ventral surfaces of the caudal vertebrae.
- Action
- Flexes the tail and inclines it to its own side.
- Nerve
- Ventral 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 ventral sacrocaudal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sacrocaudalis ventralis medialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle
- What is the Latin name of the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle is called Musculus sacrocaudalis ventralis medialis.
- Where is the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle of the horse?
- Medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The ventral surface of the sacrum and of the first caudal vertebrae, near the midline. Insertion: The ventral surfaces of the caudal vertebrae.
- What nerve supplies the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle?
- Ventral branches of the caudal nerves.
- What does the medial ventral sacrocaudal muscle do?
- Flexes the tail and inclines it to its own side.
See the medial ventral 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.
