Epaxial Muscles Flashcards
What group of muscles is located within the superficial fascia and moves the skin in response to flies or other annoying stimuli?
cutaneous muscles
What is the cutaneous muscle in dogs and pigs that spans from the nuchal area to angle of mouth?
platysma
What is the cutaneous muscle in ruminants and pigs that spans over the frontal bone?
frontalis M.
What is the cutaneous muscle that is well developed in the horse, that arises from the mandibrum, and is clinically significant for intravenous injections/withdrawal?
cutaneous Colli (small in ruminants)
What is the cutaneous muscle that is a continuation of the cutaneous Colli to the massetric region?
cutaneous faciei
What is the cutaneous muscle with clinical significance in small animals for the panniculus reflex?
cutaneous trunci
What is the cutaneous muscle which is a continuation of cutaneous trunk in the shoulder and arm?
cutaneous omobrachialis
What structure is found only in carnivores which covers the cutaneous trunk m. and allows a wet dog to move the skin on their trunk in order to dry themselves?
superficial fascia
What are the two types of fascia of the trunk?
superficial and deep
What is the term for the thoracic limb attaching to the body by extrinsic muscles only?
synsarcosis
What do primates and other climbing animals have?
clavicle
Which extrinsic muscle extends between the brachium and head crossing the shoulder jt and cervical intervertebral jts, it is also subcutaneous?
brachiocephalicus m.
What is the action of the brachiocephalicus m if weight bearing vs non-weight bearing?
weight-bearing-draw the head and neck laterally
non-weight bearing- advance the limb and extend the shoulder jt
What is the innervention of the brachiocehalicus m?
accessory n and cervical spinal nn
Which extrinsic muscle extends between the wing of the atlas and acromion?
omotransversarius m.
What is the action of the omotransversarius m if weight bearing vs non-weight bearing?
weight-bearing- flex the neck laterally
non-weight bearing-advance the limb
What is the innervention of the omotransversarius m?
accessory n and cervical spinal nn
Since the horse has no acromion what is the omotransversarius m fused with?
cleidocephalicus
Which extrinsic muscle extends between the dorsal midline and the spine of the scapula?
trapezius m. (cervical and thoracic parts)
What are the actions of the trapezius m.?
to elevate and abduct the limb
cervical-draws limb cranially
thoracic-draw limb caudally
What is the innervention of the trapezius m.?
accessory n
Which extrinsic muscle lies under the trapezius and extends from the dorsal midline of the neck and cranial thorax and inserts on the medial dorsal border of the scapula?
rhomboideus m. (cervical and thoracic parts)
What are the actions of the rhomboideus m?
to elevate the scapula and adduct the scapula against the body
What is the innervention of the rhomboideus m?
brachial plexus nn
Which extrinsic muscle is very broad and spans from the thoracolumbar fascia to the teres major tuberosity of the humerus?
latissimus dorsi m