Epiglottis
Cartilago epiglottica
About the epiglottis of the cat
Epiglottis is a respiratory of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago epiglottica. 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
- Epiglottis
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago epiglottica
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the epiglottis
- What is the Latin name of the epiglottis?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the epiglottis is called Cartilago epiglottica.
- Where is the epiglottis of the cat?
- Epiglottis is a respiratory of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the epiglottis 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.
