Semimembranosus
Musculus semimembranosus
Extends the hip and adducts the limb.
About the semimembranosus of the pig
Semimembranosus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus semimembranosus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail 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
- Ischiatic tuber.
- Insertion
- Medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia.
- Action
- Extends the hip and adducts the limb.
- Nerve
- Sciatic 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
- Semimembranosus
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus semimembranosus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The semimembranosus in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the semimembranosus
- What is the Latin name of the semimembranosus?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the semimembranosus is called Musculus semimembranosus.
- Where is the semimembranosus of the pig?
- Semimembranosus is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the semimembranosus originate and insert?
- Origin: Ischiatic tuber. Insertion: Medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia.
- What nerve supplies the semimembranosus?
- Sciatic nerve.
- What does the semimembranosus do?
- Extends the hip and adducts the limb.
See the semimembranosus 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.
