Pectineus
Musculus pectineus
About the pectineus of the pig
Pectineus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus pectineus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Pectineus
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus pectineus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the pectineus
- What is the Latin name of the pectineus?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the pectineus is called Musculus pectineus.
- Where is the pectineus of the pig?
- Pectineus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
See the pectineus 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.
