Cervical ventral serrate 4
Musculus serratus ventralis cervicis IV
Carries the trunk between the forelimbs and draws the scapula cranially.
About the cervical ventral serrate 4 of the pig
Cervical ventral serrate 4 is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus serratus ventralis cervicis IV. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body of the pig, 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 caudal cervical vertebrae.
- Insertion
- Serrated face of the scapula.
- Action
- Carries the trunk between the forelimbs and draws the scapula cranially.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the cervical nerves and the long thoracic nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Cervical ventral serrate 4
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus serratus ventralis cervicis IV
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the cervical ventral serrate 4
- What is the Latin name of the cervical ventral serrate 4?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical ventral serrate 4 is called Musculus serratus ventralis cervicis IV.
- Where is the cervical ventral serrate 4 of the pig?
- Cervical ventral serrate 4 is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the cervical ventral serrate 4 originate and insert?
- Origin: Transverse processes of the caudal cervical vertebrae. Insertion: Serrated face of the scapula.
- What nerve supplies the cervical ventral serrate 4?
- Ventral branches of the cervical nerves and the long thoracic nerve.
- What does the cervical ventral serrate 4 do?
- Carries the trunk between the forelimbs and draws the scapula cranially.
See the cervical ventral serrate 4 inside the whole pig.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig 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.
