Superficial gluteal muscle
Musculus gluteus superficialis
Flexes the hip and draws the limb outward; tenses the fascia lata.
About the superficial gluteal muscle of the horse
Superficial gluteal muscle is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus gluteus superficialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body 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 tuber coxae and the gluteal fascia.
- Insertion
- The third trochanter of the femur.
- Action
- Flexes the hip and draws the limb outward; tenses the fascia lata.
- Nerve
- Cranial and caudal gluteal 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
- Superficial gluteal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus gluteus superficialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The superficial gluteal muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the superficial gluteal muscle
- What is the Latin name of the superficial gluteal muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial gluteal muscle is called Musculus gluteus superficialis.
- Where is the superficial gluteal muscle of the horse?
- Superficial gluteal muscle is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the superficial gluteal muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The tuber coxae and the gluteal fascia. Insertion: The third trochanter of the femur.
- What nerve supplies the superficial gluteal muscle?
- Cranial and caudal gluteal nerves.
- What does the superficial gluteal muscle do?
- Flexes the hip and draws the limb outward; tenses the fascia lata.
See the superficial gluteal 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.
