Lateral dorsal sacrocaudal muscle - Origins
Musculus sacrocaudalis [-coccygeus] dorsalis lateralis - Originem
- Synonym: Lateral dorsal sacrococcygeal muscle - Origins
Definition
The dorsal lateral sacrococcygeal muscle originates as a continuation of the longissimus muscle, fleshy from the aponeurosis of the longissimus and tendinous from the mammillary processes of the first to sixth lumbar vertebrae, the articular processes of the sacrum, and the mammillary processes of at least the first eight caudal vertebrae.
References
International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. 2017. Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria. Sixth Edition. Ghent (Belgium).
Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 2, Arthrologie et myologie, 4th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.
