extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle in dogs

The Extensor carpi radialis brevis is shorter and thicker than the extensor carpi radialis longus. The longus muscle can be found above the distal end of the Extensor carpi radialis brevis. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle is

The Extensor carpi radialis brevis is shorter and thicker than the extensor carpi radialis longus. The longus muscle can be found above the distal end of the Extensor carpi radialis brevis. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle is

It sits in the forelimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle connects to

The atlas records 6 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of forelimb zeugopod.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: radial nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as extensor carpi radialis brevis and musculus extensor carpi radialis brevis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001525, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: forelimb zeugopod.
• A kind of: extensor muscle, forelimb zeugopod muscle and muscle of shoulder.
• Innervated by: radial nerve.
• inserts into: metacarpal bone of digit 3.

Questions

Where is the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle?

It sits in the forelimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle connect to?

Part of: forelimb zeugopod.

Is the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.