Clavicle
Clavicula
In the cat a small free bone in the brachiocephalicus, articulating with nothing. The dog and the pig have only a fibrous vestige.
About the clavicle of the cat
Clavicle is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Clavicula. You can turn it above, see it in place in the front leg of the cat, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Clavicle
- Latin (NAV)
- Clavicula
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the clavicle
- What is the Latin name of the clavicle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the clavicle is called Clavicula.
- Where is the clavicle of the cat?
- Clavicle is a bone of the front leg (thoracic limb), one on each side of the body.
See the clavicle inside the whole cat.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the cat 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.
