Costal cartilage VI
Cartilago costalis VI
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 vi of the horse
Costal cartilage VI is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago costalis VI. 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 VI
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago costalis VI
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the costal cartilage vi
- What is the Latin name of the costal cartilage vi?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the costal cartilage vi is called Cartilago costalis VI.
- Where is the costal cartilage vi of the horse?
- Costal cartilage VI is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the costal cartilage vi 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.
