Gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis)
Musculus gluteofemoralis
Abducts the thigh and helps to extend the shank.
About the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) of the cat
Gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus gluteofemoralis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the back 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
- by a flat tendon from the transverse processes of the second and third caudal vertebrae. The muscle forms a flat band which passes distad along the middle of the lateral side of the thigh over the pelvis and caudad of the great trochanter.
- Insertion
- into the middle of the lateral border of the patella.
- Action
- Abducts the thigh and helps to extend the shank.
Terminology
- English
- Gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis)
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus gluteofemoralis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis)
- What is the Latin name of the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) is called Musculus gluteofemoralis.
- Where is the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) of the cat?
- Gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) originate and insert?
- Origin: by a flat tendon from the transverse processes of the second and third caudal vertebrae. The muscle forms a flat band which passes distad along the middle of the lateral side of the thigh over the pelvis and caudad of the great trochanter. Insertion: into the middle of the lateral border of the patella.
- What does the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) do?
- Abducts the thigh and helps to extend the shank.
See the gluteofemoral muscle (caudofemoralis) 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.
