Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
Musculus flexor carpi ulnaris
indicated by the name.
About the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle of the cat
Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus flexor carpi ulnaris. 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
- There are two heads. The first or humeral head takes.
- Insertion
- by fleshy and tendinous fibres into the proximal surface of the pisiform bone.
- Action
- indicated by the name.
- Nerve
- Ulnar 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
- Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus flexor carpi ulnaris
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
- What is the Latin name of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle is called Musculus flexor carpi ulnaris.
- Where is the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle of the cat?
- Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), on the left side.
- Where does the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: There are two heads. The first or humeral head takes. Insertion: by fleshy and tendinous fibres into the proximal surface of the pisiform bone.
- What nerve supplies the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle?
- Ulnar nerve.
- What does the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle do?
- indicated by the name.
See the flexor carpi ulnaris 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.
