Costal cartilage IV
Cartilago costalis IV
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 iv of the horse
Costal cartilage IV is a cartilage of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago costalis IV. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg 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 IV
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago costalis IV
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the costal cartilage iv
- What is the Latin name of the costal cartilage iv?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the costal cartilage iv is called Cartilago costalis IV.
- Where is the costal cartilage iv of the horse?
- Costal cartilage IV is a cartilage of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the costal cartilage iv 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.
