Brachial muscle
Musculus brachialis
Flexor of the antibrachium.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Thoracic limb
- 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
- from a long V-shaped line two to four millimeters wide on the lateral surface of the humerus. The apex of the V is just distad of the teres minor tubercle .
- Insertion
- The dorsal portion of the depressed rough area on the lateral surface of the ulna just distad of the semilunar notch.
- Action
- Flexor of the antibrachium.
- Nerve
- Musculocutaneous nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Brachial muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus brachialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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