Tensor fasciae latae
Musculus tensor fasciae latae
indicated by the name. It also assists the quadriceps femoris in extending the leg.
About the tensor fasciae latae of the cat
Tensor fasciae latae is a muscle of the hips and pelvis (pelvis), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus tensor fasciae latae. You can turn it above, see it in place in the hips and pelvis 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 fleshy fibres as a thick triangular prism from the outer margin of the ventral border of the ilium craniad of the auricular impression and from the fascia covering the ventral border of the gluteus medius over its cranial half.
- Insertion
- into the proximal end of the fascia lata.
- Action
- indicated by the name. It also assists the quadriceps femoris in extending the leg.
- Nerve
- Cranial 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
- Tensor fasciae latae
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus tensor fasciae latae
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the tensor fasciae latae
- What is the Latin name of the tensor fasciae latae?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the tensor fasciae latae is called Musculus tensor fasciae latae.
- Where is the tensor fasciae latae of the cat?
- Tensor fasciae latae is a muscle of the hips and pelvis (pelvis), on the left side.
- Where does the tensor fasciae latae originate and insert?
- Origin: by fleshy fibres as a thick triangular prism from the outer margin of the ventral border of the ilium craniad of the auricular impression and from the fascia covering the ventral border of the gluteus medius over its cranial half. Insertion: into the proximal end of the fascia lata.
- What nerve supplies the tensor fasciae latae?
- Cranial gluteal nerve.
- What does the tensor fasciae latae do?
- indicated by the name. It also assists the quadriceps femoris in extending the leg.
See the tensor fasciae latae 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.
