Vastus medialis
Musculus vastus medialis
Extends the stifle.
About the vastus medialis of the pig
Vastus medialis is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus vastus medialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail 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 surface of the proximal femur.
- Insertion
- Patella.
- Action
- Extends the stifle.
- Nerve
- Femoral 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
- Vastus medialis
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus vastus medialis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the vastus medialis
- What is the Latin name of the vastus medialis?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the vastus medialis is called Musculus vastus medialis.
- Where is the vastus medialis of the pig?
- Vastus medialis is a muscle of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the vastus medialis originate and insert?
- Origin: Medial surface of the proximal femur. Insertion: Patella.
- What nerve supplies the vastus medialis?
- Femoral nerve.
- What does the vastus medialis do?
- Extends the stifle.
See the vastus medialis 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.
