Brachioradial muscle
Musculus brachioradialis
Supinator of the hand.
About the brachioradial muscle of the cat
Brachioradial muscle is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus brachioradialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the cat, 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
- By a thin tendon from about the middle fifth of the dorsal border of the humerus, or sometimes proximad of the middle.
- Insertion
- by a short tendon into the ridge which forms the ventral limit of the groove on the outer surface of the styloid process of the radius and upon the adjacent ligaments.
- Action
- Supinator of the hand.
- Nerve
- Radial 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
- Brachioradial muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus brachioradialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the brachioradial muscle
- What is the Latin name of the brachioradial muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the brachioradial muscle is called Musculus brachioradialis.
- Where is the brachioradial muscle of the cat?
- Brachioradial muscle is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the brachioradial muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: By a thin tendon from about the middle fifth of the dorsal border of the humerus, or sometimes proximad of the middle. Insertion: by a short tendon into the ridge which forms the ventral limit of the groove on the outer surface of the styloid process of the radius and upon the adjacent ligaments.
- What nerve supplies the brachioradial muscle?
- Radial nerve.
- What does the brachioradial muscle do?
- Supinator of the hand.
See the brachioradial muscle inside the whole cat.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the cat 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.
