Ventral scalene muscle
Musculus scalenus ventralis
Bends the neck down or to the side; with the neck fixed it steadies the first rib in breathing.
About the ventral scalene muscle of the horse
Ventral scalene muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus scalenus ventralis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck 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 first rib.
- Insertion
- The cervical vertebrae from C4 to C7, on their transverse processes.
- Action
- Bends the neck down or to the side; with the neck fixed it steadies the first rib in breathing.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the caudal cervical 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
- Ventral scalene muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus scalenus ventralis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the ventral scalene muscle
- What is the Latin name of the ventral scalene muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the ventral scalene muscle is called Musculus scalenus ventralis.
- Where is the ventral scalene muscle of the horse?
- Ventral scalene muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the ventral scalene muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The first rib. Insertion: The cervical vertebrae from C4 to C7, on their transverse processes.
- What nerve supplies the ventral scalene muscle?
- Ventral branches of the caudal cervical nerves.
- What does the ventral scalene muscle do?
- Bends the neck down or to the side; with the neck fixed it steadies the first rib in breathing.
See the ventral scalene 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.
