Superficial gluteal muscle
Musculus gluteus superficialis
Abducts the thigh and extends the hip.
About the superficial gluteal muscle of the cat
Superficial gluteal muscle 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 gluteus superficialis. 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
- Transverse processes of the last sacral and first caudal vertebrae and the gluteal fascia.
- Insertion
- A tubercle on the caudal side of the greater trochanter and the ridge distal to it.
- Action
- Abducts the thigh and extends the hip.
- Nerve
- Caudal gluteal 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
- Superficial gluteal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus gluteus superficialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The superficial gluteal muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the superficial gluteal muscle
- What is the Latin name of the superficial gluteal muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial gluteal muscle is called Musculus gluteus superficialis.
- Where is the superficial gluteal muscle of the cat?
- Superficial gluteal muscle is a muscle of the back leg (pelvic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the superficial gluteal muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Transverse processes of the last sacral and first caudal vertebrae and the gluteal fascia. Insertion: A tubercle on the caudal side of the greater trochanter and the ridge distal to it.
- What nerve supplies the superficial gluteal muscle?
- Caudal gluteal nerve.
- What does the superficial gluteal muscle do?
- Abducts the thigh and extends the hip.
See the superficial gluteal 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.
