Cricoid cartilage
Cartilago cricoidea
About the cricoid cartilage of the cat
Cricoid cartilage is a respiratory of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago cricoidea. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the cat, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Cricoid cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago cricoidea
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The cricoid cartilage in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the cricoid cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the cricoid cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cricoid cartilage is called Cartilago cricoidea.
- Where is the cricoid cartilage of the cat?
- Cricoid cartilage is a respiratory of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the cricoid cartilage 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.
