Thoracic vertebra 17
Vertebra thoracica XVII
One of the eighteen vertebrae of the chest, each carrying a pair of ribs; their tall spines form the withers.
About the thoracic vertebra 17 of the horse
Thoracic vertebra 17 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra thoracica 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
- Thoracic vertebra 17
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra thoracica XVII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the thoracic vertebra 17
- What is the Latin name of the thoracic vertebra 17?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the thoracic vertebra 17 is called Vertebra thoracica XVII.
- Where is the thoracic vertebra 17 of the horse?
- Thoracic vertebra 17 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline.
See the thoracic vertebra 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.
