Incisive bone
Os incisivum
The front of the upper jaw, carrying the upper incisor teeth.
About the incisive bone of the horse
Incisive bone is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os incisivum. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Incisive bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os incisivum
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the incisive bone
- What is the Latin name of the incisive bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the incisive bone is called Os incisivum.
- Where is the incisive bone of the horse?
- Incisive bone is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the incisive bone 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.
