Deep digital flexor muscle
Musculus flexor digitorum profundus
Flexes the digits, the carpus and the elbow.
About the deep digital flexor muscle of the cat
Deep digital flexor 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 flexor digitorum profundus. 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
- Medial epicondyle of the humerus, and the caudal surfaces of the radius and ulna, by several heads.
- Insertion
- Palmar surfaces of the distal phalanges of the digits.
- Action
- Flexes the digits, the carpus and the elbow.
- Nerve
- Median and ulnar nerves.
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
- Deep digital flexor muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus flexor digitorum profundus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The deep digital flexor muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the deep digital flexor muscle
- What is the Latin name of the deep digital flexor muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the deep digital flexor muscle is called Musculus flexor digitorum profundus.
- Where is the deep digital flexor muscle of the cat?
- Deep digital flexor muscle is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the deep digital flexor muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Medial epicondyle of the humerus, and the caudal surfaces of the radius and ulna, by several heads. Insertion: Palmar surfaces of the distal phalanges of the digits.
- What nerve supplies the deep digital flexor muscle?
- Median and ulnar nerves.
- What does the deep digital flexor muscle do?
- Flexes the digits, the carpus and the elbow.
See the deep digital flexor 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.
