Rib 18
Costa XVIII
One of the eighteen pairs of ribs; the first eight reach the sternum, the rest join the costal arch.
About the rib 18 of the horse
Rib 18 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Costa XVIII. 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 18
- Latin (NAV)
- Costa XVIII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the rib 18
- What is the Latin name of the rib 18?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the rib 18 is called Costa XVIII.
- Where is the rib 18 of the horse?
- Rib 18 is a bone of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
See the rib 18 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.
