Ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball
Musculus rectus ventralis
Turns the eye downward.
About the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball of the horse
Ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus rectus ventralis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head 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 rim of the optic foramen, deep in the orbit.
- Insertion
- The sclera, below the cornea.
- Action
- Turns the eye downward.
- Nerve
- Oculomotor nerve.
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
- Ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus rectus ventralis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball
- What is the Latin name of the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball is called Musculus rectus ventralis.
- Where is the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball of the horse?
- Ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball originate and insert?
- Origin: The rim of the optic foramen, deep in the orbit. Insertion: The sclera, below the cornea.
- What nerve supplies the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball?
- Oculomotor nerve.
- What does the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball do?
- Turns the eye downward.
See the ventral rectus muscle of the eyeball 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.
