The muscles of the cat
The muscles of the cat in the Library, from the head to the tail and then the legs, with their English and Latin names.
English, the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, or the name of a part of a structure — humerus, biceps femoris, olecranon fossa.
Head
- Buccinator muscleMusculus buccinator
- Interscutular muscleMusculus interscutularis
- Masseter muscleMusculus masseter
- Medial levator of the angle of the eyeMusculus levator anguli oculi medialis
- Mylohyoid muscleMusculus mylohyoideus
- Nasolabial levator muscleMusculus levator nasolabialis
- Orbicular muscle of the eyeMusculus orbicularis oculi
- Orbicular muscle of the mouthMusculus orbicularis oris
- Temporal muscleMusculus temporalis
- Zygomatic muscleMusculus zygomaticus
- Zygomaticoauricular muscleMusculus zygomaticoauricularis
Neck
ChestThorax
BodyTrunk
BellyAbdomen
Hips and pelvisPelvis
Front legThoracic limb
- Acromial part of the deltoid muscleMusculus deltoideus pars acromialis
- AnconeusMusculus anconeus
- Brachial muscleMusculus brachialis
- Brachioradial muscleMusculus brachioradialis
- Cleidobrachial muscleMusculus cleidobrachialis
- Common digital extensor muscleMusculus extensor digitorum communis
- Deep digital flexor muscleMusculus flexor digitorum profundus
- Deltoid muscle, acromial partMusculus deltoideus pars acromialis
- Descending pectoral muscleMusculus pectoralis descendens
- Flexor carpi ulnaris muscleMusculus flexor carpi ulnaris
- Infraspinatus muscleMusculus infraspinatus
- Lateral digital extensor muscleMusculus extensor digitorum lateralis
- Long abductor of the first digitMusculus abductor digiti I longus
- Long radial extensor of the carpusMusculus extensor carpi radialis longus
- Radial flexor of the carpusMusculus flexor carpi radialis
- Round pronator muscleMusculus pronator teres
- Short radial extensor of the carpusMusculus extensor carpi radialis brevis
- Tensor fasciae antebrachii muscleMusculus tensor fasciae antebrachii
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Back legPelvic limb
- Biceps muscle of the thighMusculus biceps femoris
- Cutaneous muscle of the trunkMusculus cutaneus trunci
- GastrocnemiusMusculus gastrocnemius
- Gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis)Musculus gluteofemoralis
- Gracilis muscleMusculus gracilis
- Lateral vast muscleMusculus vastus lateralis
- Long digital extensorMusculus extensor digitorum longus
- Long fibular muscleMusculus fibularis longus
- Middle gluteal muscleMusculus gluteus medius
- Piriform muscleMusculus piriformis
- Sartorius muscleMusculus sartorius
- Semitendinous muscleMusculus semitendinosus
- Soleus muscleMusculus soleus
- Superficial digital flexorMusculus flexor digitorum superficialis
- Superficial gluteal muscleMusculus gluteus superficialis
- Third fibular muscleMusculus fibularis tertius