Cutaneous muscle of the trunk
Musculus cutaneus trunci
Twitches and moves the skin of the trunk.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Trunk
- 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
- Fascia over the pectoral muscles in the axilla, spreading over the lateral trunk.
- Insertion
- The skin of the trunk, from the dorsal midline of the thorax back to the root of the tail and onto the thigh.
- Action
- Twitches and moves the skin of the trunk.
- Nerve
- Lateral thoracic 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
- Cutaneous muscle of the trunk
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus cutaneus trunci
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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