A terminal clamp including a contact cage including a cage floor, a cage ceiling and two cage side walls that are arranged opposite to each other and respectively connect the cage floor with the cage ceiling, wherein the cage floor, the cage ceiling and the two cage side walls form an inner enveloping surface in combination and envelop a conductor receiving cavity; a clamping device formed by at least one spring element and a reaction bearing, the clamping device configured to support and electrically contact an electrical conductor in the conductor receiving cavity; a frontal conductor insertion opening that is enveloped by the two cage side walls, the cage ceiling and the cage floor, wherein the electrical conductor is insertable through the conductor insertion opening into the conductor receiving cavity and feedable to the clamping device; a contact cage longitudinal axis oriented in the conductor insertion direction.