Cervical part of the cleidocephalic muscle
Musculus cleidocephalicus pars cervicalis
Draws the shoulder and the limb forward and upward.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Neck
- 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
- Medial half of the nuchal crest and the dorsal midline of the neck as far as the spine of the axis.
- Insertion
- The clavicle and the raphe it shares with the cleidobrachialis.
- Action
- Draws the shoulder and the limb forward and upward.
- Nerve
- Accessory nerve, dorsal branch.
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
- Cervical part of the cleidocephalic muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus cleidocephalicus pars cervicalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria