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Limb Muscles - Horse Anatomy (view source)
Revision as of 14:04, 15 October 2012
, 14:04, 15 October 2012→Extensors
'''''Extensor carpi obliquus''''' (aka '''''abductor pollicis longus''''')
'''''Extensor carpi obliquus''''' (aka '''''abductor pollicis longus''''')
:'''Origin''': Cranial radius
:'''Origin''': Cranial radius
:'''Insertion''': Head of the metacarpal II
:'''Insertion''': Head of second metacarpal (medial splint) bone
'''''Common Digital Extensor'''''
'''''Common Digital Extensor'''''
:'''Insertion''': Extensor process of the distal phalanx
: Deep to the ''extensor carpi radialis''
:'''Insertion''': Extensor process of the distal phalanx via the common digital extensor tendon
:'''Action''': Extends carpus and digit
'''''Lateral Digital Extensor'''''
'''''Lateral Digital Extensor'''''
:'''Insertion''': Dorsal proximal phalanx
: Caudal to the ''common digital extensor'' muscle on the lateral antebrachium
:'''Insertion''': Dorsoproximal phalanx via the lateral digital extensor tendon
:'''Action''': Extends the carpus and metacarpophalangeal (fetlock) joint
====='''Flexors'''=====
====='''Flexors'''=====