Superficial pectoral
Musculus pectoralis superficialis
Adducts the limb and advances it when the trunk is fixed.
About the superficial pectoral of the pig
Superficial pectoral is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus pectoralis superficialis. 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
- Sternum and the first costal cartilages.
- Insertion
- Crest of the humerus.
- Action
- Adducts the limb and advances it when the trunk is fixed.
- Nerve
- Cranial pectoral 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
- Superficial pectoral
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus pectoralis superficialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the superficial pectoral
- What is the Latin name of the superficial pectoral?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the superficial pectoral is called Musculus pectoralis superficialis.
- Where is the superficial pectoral of the pig?
- Superficial pectoral is a muscle of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the superficial pectoral originate and insert?
- Origin: Sternum and the first costal cartilages. Insertion: Crest of the humerus.
- What nerve supplies the superficial pectoral?
- Cranial pectoral nerves.
- What does the superficial pectoral do?
- Adducts the limb and advances it when the trunk is fixed.
See the superficial pectoral 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.
