Intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae XI and XII

Discus intervertebralis

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

About the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii of the horse

Intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae XI and XII is a cartilage of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Discus intervertebralis. 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
Intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae XI and XII
Latin (NAV)
Discus intervertebralis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii

What is the Latin name of the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii is called Discus intervertebralis.
Where is the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii of the horse?
Intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae XI and XII is a cartilage of the tail (tail), one on each side of the body.

See the intervertebral disc between caudal vertebrae xi and xii 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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