Ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 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.
About the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) of the horse
Ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus serratus ventralis thoracis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest 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 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 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal)
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus serratus ventralis thoracis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal)
- What is the Latin name of the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) is called Musculus serratus ventralis thoracis.
- Where is the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) of the horse?
- Ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) is a muscle of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) originate and insert?
- Origin: The lateral surfaces of the first eight or nine ribs, by serrations. Insertion: The serrated face of the scapula.
- What nerve supplies the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal)?
- The long thoracic nerve.
- What does the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) do?
- Carries the trunk slung between the fore limbs and draws the top of the scapula back; with the limb fixed it raises the ribs.
See the ventral serrate muscle of the thorax, strip 9 of 13 (cranial to caudal) 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.
