Zygomaticoauricular muscle
Musculus zygomaticoauricularis
Draws the ear forward.
About the zygomaticoauricular muscle of the cat
Zygomaticoauricular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus zygomaticoauricularis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head 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
- The zygomatic arch and the scutiform cartilage.
- Insertion
- Rostral border of the auricle.
- Action
- Draws the ear forward.
- Nerve
- Facial nerve, auriculopalpebral branch.
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
- Zygomaticoauricular muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus zygomaticoauricularis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The zygomaticoauricular muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the zygomaticoauricular muscle
- What is the Latin name of the zygomaticoauricular muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the zygomaticoauricular muscle is called Musculus zygomaticoauricularis.
- Where is the zygomaticoauricular muscle of the cat?
- Zygomaticoauricular muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the zygomaticoauricular muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The zygomatic arch and the scutiform cartilage. Insertion: Rostral border of the auricle.
- What nerve supplies the zygomaticoauricular muscle?
- Facial nerve, auriculopalpebral branch.
- What does the zygomaticoauricular muscle do?
- Draws the ear forward.
See the zygomaticoauricular 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.
