Ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 13 of 13 (cranial to caudal)
Musculus serratus ventralis thoracis
Carries the trunk slung between the fore limbs and draws the top of the scapula back; with the limb fixed it raises the ribs.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Trunk
- Sides
- Paired: left and 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
- The lateral surfaces of the first eight or nine ribs, by serrations.
- Insertion
- The serrated face of the scapula.
- Action
- Carries the trunk slung between the fore limbs and draws the top of the scapula back; with the limb fixed it raises the ribs.
- Nerve
- The long thoracic 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 serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 13 of 13 (cranial to caudal)
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus serratus ventralis thoracis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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