Cleidobrachial muscle
Musculus cleidobrachialis
Flexes the elbow and draws the limb forward.
- 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
- The clavicle and the clavicular intersection, continuing the line of the cleidocephalicus.
- Insertion
- Cranial surface of the proximal ulna, with the brachialis.
- Action
- Flexes the elbow and draws the limb forward.
- Nerve
- Axillary 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
- Cleidobrachial muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus cleidobrachialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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