Articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5
Cartilago articularis
The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.
About the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 of the horse
Articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 is a cartilage of the body (trunk), on the right side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago articularis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- The joint surfaces of the bones.
- Action
- The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago articularis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5
- What is the Latin name of the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 is called Cartilago articularis.
- Where is the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 of the horse?
- Articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 is a cartilage of the body (trunk), on the right side.
See the articular cartilage of the cranial costal fovea of thoracic vertebra 5 inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
