Superficial digital flexor, left thoracic
Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis
Flexes the digits and the carpus.
About the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic of the pig
Superficial digital flexor, left thoracic is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg 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
- 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 thoracic
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic
- What is the Latin name of the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic is called Musculus flexor digitorum superficialis.
- Where is the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic of the pig?
- Superficial digital flexor, left thoracic is a muscle of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic originate and insert?
- Origin: Medial epicondyle of the humerus. Insertion: Palmar surface of the middle phalanges of the weight-bearing digits.
- What nerve supplies the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic?
- Median nerve.
- What does the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic do?
- Flexes the digits and the carpus.
See the superficial digital flexor, left thoracic 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.
