Rib 12
Costa XII
One of the eighteen pairs of ribs; the first eight reach the sternum, the rest join the costal arch.
About the rib 12 of the horse
Rib 12 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Costa XII. 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
- Rib 12
- Latin (NAV)
- Costa XII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The rib 12 in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the rib 12
- What is the Latin name of the rib 12?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the rib 12 is called Costa XII.
- Where is the rib 12 of the horse?
- Rib 12 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the rib 12 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.
