Lateral ventral sacrocaudal muscle - Origin

Musculus sacrocaudalis [-coccygeus] ventralis lateralis - Origo

  • Synonym: Lateral ventral sacrococcygeal muscle - Origin

Definition

Anne-Sophie Emeric

The lateral ventral sacrocaudal muscle originates from the ventral surface of the body of the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum, as well as from the ventral surfaces and roots of the transverse processes of the 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.

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