Caudal vertebra 16

Vertebra caudalis XVI

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

One of the vertebrae of the tail.

About the caudal vertebra 16 of the horse

Caudal vertebra 16 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra caudalis XVI. 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 16
Latin (NAV)
Vertebra caudalis XVI
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

The caudal vertebra 16 in other animals

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

Questions about the caudal vertebra 16

What is the Latin name of the caudal vertebra 16?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the caudal vertebra 16 is called Vertebra caudalis XVI.
Where is the caudal vertebra 16 of the horse?
Caudal vertebra 16 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline.

See the caudal vertebra 16 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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