Costal cartilage III

Cartilago costalis III

  • Cartilage
  • Body
  • Paired: left and right
  • Horse

Joins the rib to the sternum (the first eight) or to the cartilage in front (the rest), making the costal arch.

About the costal cartilage iii of the horse

Costal cartilage III is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago costalis III. 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 ventral end of a rib.
Action
Joins the rib to the sternum (the first eight) or to the cartilage in front (the rest), making the costal arch.

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
Costal cartilage III
Latin (NAV)
Cartilago costalis III
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the costal cartilage iii

What is the Latin name of the costal cartilage iii?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the costal cartilage iii is called Cartilago costalis III.
Where is the costal cartilage iii of the horse?
Costal cartilage III is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.

See the costal cartilage iii 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.

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