Superficial digital flexor, left pelvic
Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis
Flexes the digits and the carpus.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- 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
- Medial epicondyle of the humerus.
- Insertion
- Palmar surface of the middle phalanges of the weight-bearing digits.
- Action
- Flexes the digits and the carpus.
- Nerve
- Median 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
- Superficial digital flexor, left pelvic
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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