Sternocephalicus
Musculus sternocephalicus
Draws the head and neck laterally, or flexes the neck when both act.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Neck
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
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
- Manubrium of the sternum.
- Insertion
- In the pig by a long round tendon on the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
- Action
- Draws the head and neck laterally, or flexes the neck when both act.
- Nerve
- Accessory nerve and ventral 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
- Sternocephalicus
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sternocephalicus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria