Intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3

Discus intervertebralis

  • Cartilage
  • Neck
  • Single, on the midline
  • Horse

About the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 of the horse

Intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Discus intervertebralis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3
Latin (NAV)
Discus intervertebralis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3

What is the Latin name of the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 is called Discus intervertebralis.
Where is the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 of the horse?
Intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.

See the intervertebral disc between the axis and cervical vertebra 3 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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