Short radial extensor of the carpus

About the short radial extensor of the carpus of the cat

Short radial extensor of the carpus 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 extensor carpi radialis brevis. 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

from the distal part of the lateral supracondyloid ridge distad of the extensor longus. Near the carpus the muscle ends in a slender tendon which passes through the groove with the extensor longus tendon.

Insertion

into the radial side of the dorsal surface of the base of the third metacarpal.

Action

Extensor of the hand. Fig. 84 .—Arrangement of the Tendons on the Back of the Hand. a , M. extensor communis digitorum; b , M. extensor lateralis digitorum; c , M. extensor indicis; d , M. extensor brevis pollicis; e , M.

Terminology

English

Short radial extensor of the carpus

Latin (NAV)

Musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis

Status

A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the short radial extensor of the carpus

What is the Latin name of the short radial extensor of the carpus?

In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the short radial extensor of the carpus is called Musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis.

Where is the short radial extensor of the carpus of the cat?

Short radial extensor of the carpus is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.

Where does the short radial extensor of the carpus originate and insert?

Origin: from the distal part of the lateral supracondyloid ridge distad of the extensor longus. Near the carpus the muscle ends in a slender tendon which passes through the groove with the extensor longus tendon. Insertion: into the radial side of the dorsal surface of the base of the third metacarpal.

What does the short radial extensor of the carpus do?

Extensor of the hand. Fig. 84 .—Arrangement of the Tendons on the Back of the Hand. a , M. extensor communis digitorum; b , M. extensor lateralis digitorum; c , M. extensor indicis; d , M. extensor brevis pollicis; e , M.