Caudal vertebra 15

Vertebra caudalis XV

  • Bone
  • Tail
  • Single, on the midline
  • Horse

One of the vertebrae of the tail.

About the caudal vertebra 15 of the horse

Caudal vertebra 15 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra caudalis XV. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Caudal vertebra 15
Latin (NAV)
Vertebra caudalis XV
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

The caudal vertebra 15 in other animals

The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.

Questions about the caudal vertebra 15

What is the Latin name of the caudal vertebra 15?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the caudal vertebra 15 is called Vertebra caudalis XV.
Where is the caudal vertebra 15 of the horse?
Caudal vertebra 15 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline.

See the caudal vertebra 15 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.

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