Deltoid muscle, acromial part
Musculus deltoideus pars acromialis
Flexes the shoulder and abducts the arm.
About the deltoid muscle, acromial part of the cat
Deltoid muscle, acromial part is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus deltoideus pars acromialis. 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
- Border of the acromion.
- Insertion
- Deltoid tuberosity of the humerus, largely over the scapular part of the deltoid.
- Action
- Flexes the shoulder and abducts the arm.
- 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
- Deltoid muscle, acromial part
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus deltoideus pars acromialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the deltoid muscle, acromial part
- What is the Latin name of the deltoid muscle, acromial part?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the deltoid muscle, acromial part is called Musculus deltoideus pars acromialis.
- Where is the deltoid muscle, acromial part of the cat?
- Deltoid muscle, acromial part is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side.
- Where does the deltoid muscle, acromial part originate and insert?
- Origin: Border of the acromion. Insertion: Deltoid tuberosity of the humerus, largely over the scapular part of the deltoid.
- What nerve supplies the deltoid muscle, acromial part?
- Axillary nerve.
- What does the deltoid muscle, acromial part do?
- Flexes the shoulder and abducts the arm.
See the deltoid muscle, acromial part 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.
