Intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10

Cartilago articularis

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

The smooth hyaline cartilage covering a bone end inside a joint, on which the joint moves.

About the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 of the horse

Intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 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 thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10
Latin (NAV)
Cartilago articularis
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

Questions about the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10

What is the Latin name of the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 is called Cartilago articularis.
Where is the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 of the horse?
Intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.

See the intervertebral disc between thoracic vertebrae 9 and 10 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.

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