Rib 17
Costa XVII
One of the eighteen pairs of ribs; the first eight reach the sternum, the rest join the costal arch.
About the rib 17 of the horse
Rib 17 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Costa XVII. 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 17
- Latin (NAV)
- Costa XVII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the rib 17
- What is the Latin name of the rib 17?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the rib 17 is called Costa XVII.
- Where is the rib 17 of the horse?
- Rib 17 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the rib 17 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.
