Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra VI and the sacrum
Cartilago articularis
The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.
About the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum of the horse
Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra VI and the sacrum is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago articularis. 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 joint surfaces of the bones.
- Action
- The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.
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
- Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra VI and the sacrum
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago articularis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum
- What is the Latin name of the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum is called Cartilago articularis.
- Where is the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum of the horse?
- Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra VI and the sacrum is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebra vi and the sacrum 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.
