Semispinalis capitis
Musculus semispinalis capitis
Extends the head and neck.
About the semispinalis capitis of the pig
Semispinalis capitis is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus semispinalis capitis. 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 and articular processes of the cranial thoracic and caudal cervical vertebrae.
- Insertion
- Nuchal surface of the occipital bone.
- Action
- Extends the head and neck.
- Nerve
- Dorsal branches of the cervical nerves.
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
- Semispinalis capitis
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus semispinalis capitis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the semispinalis capitis
- What is the Latin name of the semispinalis capitis?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the semispinalis capitis is called Musculus semispinalis capitis.
- Where is the semispinalis capitis of the pig?
- Semispinalis capitis is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the semispinalis capitis originate and insert?
- Origin: Transverse and articular processes of the cranial thoracic and caudal cervical vertebrae. Insertion: Nuchal surface of the occipital bone.
- What nerve supplies the semispinalis capitis?
- Dorsal branches of the cervical nerves.
- What does the semispinalis capitis do?
- Extends the head and neck.
See the semispinalis capitis 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.
