Til E 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. III. 
FEBRUARY, 1830. 
No. 26. 
ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 
[Continued from page 5.] 
III.—MUSCLES OF THE TRUNK. 
THE trunk comprises the neck, the thorax, and the abdomen. 
a.—MUSCLES OF THE NECK. 
1.—IIU M E RO-C E RVIC A L REGION. 
rhomboideus longu s.— Cervico-acromia/is . 
Situation. —Supero-lateral part of the neck. 
Form. —That of an elongated flattened pyramid, having its 
apex turned forwards. 
Attachment. — Superiorly and anteriorly, to the entire length 
of the side of the ligamentum colli, reaching as far forward as the 
second cervical vertebra: posteriorly and interiorly, to the supe¬ 
rior costa and cartilage of the scapula. 
Relations. —Internally, with the panniculus; internally, with 
the ligamentum colli; inferiority, with the splenius; posteriorly, 
it passes under the anterior angle of the scapula, uniting its fibres 
with those of the rhomboideus brevis. 
Direction. —Longitudinal: following the curve of the neck. 
Structure. —Anterior end tendinous: remainder, fleshy. 
Action. —To assist in raising the scapula, and at the same 
time to draw the bone forwards. 
levator humeri.— Cervico-subscaputaris. 
Situation. —Antero-inferior and lateral parts of the neck. 
Form. —Flattened, elongated: broadest and thickest at its 
posterior and inferior parts. 
Attachment. —Superiorly and anteriorly, to the tubercle of the 
occiput, to the mastoid process of the temporal bone, to the trans¬ 
verse process of the atlas, and those of the second, third, and 
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