Semitendinous muscle
Musculus semitendinosus
To extend the hip and hock joints, acting with the biceps and semimembranosus in propulsion of the trunk, rearing, etc.; also to flex the stifle and rotate the leg inward.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Right
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
- (1) The transverse processes of the first and second coccygeal vertebrae, the coccygeal fascia, and the intermuscular septum between this muscle and the biceps femoris; (2) the ventral surface of the tuber ischii.
- Insertion
- (1) The tibial crest; (2) the crural fascia and the tuber calcis.
- Action
- To extend the hip and hock joints, acting with the biceps and semimembranosus in propulsion of the trunk, rearing, etc.; also to flex the stifle and rotate the leg inward.
- Nerve
- The sciatic nerve, with the caudal gluteal nerve to its vertebral head.
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
- Semitendinous muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus semitendinosus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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