Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae IV and V

Discus intervertebralis

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

About the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v of the horse

Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae IV and V is a cartilage of the body (trunk), 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 body of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae IV and V
Latin (NAV)
Discus intervertebralis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v

What is the Latin name of the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v is called Discus intervertebralis.
Where is the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v of the horse?
Intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae IV and V is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.

See the intervertebral disc between lumbar vertebrae iv and v 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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