Thoracic vertebra 16
Vertebra thoracica XVI
One of the eighteen vertebrae of the chest, each carrying a pair of ribs; their tall spines form the withers.
About the thoracic vertebra 16 of the horse
Thoracic vertebra 16 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra thoracica XVI. 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 16
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra thoracica XVI
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the thoracic vertebra 16
- What is the Latin name of the thoracic vertebra 16?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the thoracic vertebra 16 is called Vertebra thoracica XVI.
- Where is the thoracic vertebra 16 of the horse?
- Thoracic vertebra 16 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline.
See the thoracic vertebra 16 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.
