Thoracic vertebra 12
Vertebra thoracica XII
One of the eighteen vertebrae of the chest, each carrying a pair of ribs; their tall spines form the withers.
About the thoracic vertebra 12 of the horse
Thoracic vertebra 12 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra thoracica 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
- Thoracic vertebra 12
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra thoracica XII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The thoracic vertebra 12 in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the thoracic vertebra 12
- What is the Latin name of the thoracic vertebra 12?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the thoracic vertebra 12 is called Vertebra thoracica XII.
- Where is the thoracic vertebra 12 of the horse?
- Thoracic vertebra 12 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline.
See the thoracic vertebra 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.
