Triceps brachii, medial head

Musculus triceps brachii caput mediale

  • Muscle
  • Front leg
  • Paired: left and right
  • Horse

About the triceps brachii, medial head of the horse

Triceps brachii, medial head is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus triceps brachii caput mediale. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Triceps brachii, medial head
Latin (NAV)
Musculus triceps brachii caput mediale
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the triceps brachii, medial head

What is the Latin name of the triceps brachii, medial head?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the triceps brachii, medial head is called Musculus triceps brachii caput mediale.
Where is the triceps brachii, medial head of the horse?
Triceps brachii, medial head is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.

See the triceps brachii, medial head 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.

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