Fifth costal cartilage
Cartilago costalis V
Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
About the fifth costal cartilage of the cat
Fifth costal cartilage is a cartilage of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago costalis V. You can turn it above, see it in place in the chest of the cat, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Ventral end of its rib.
- Insertion
- Sternum for the sternal ribs, or the cartilage in front of it for the asternal ribs.
- Action
- Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Measured on the specimen
What the fifth costal cartilage is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Rib 57%
- Sternebra 450%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Fifth costal cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago costalis V
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the fifth costal cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the fifth costal cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the fifth costal cartilage is called Cartilago costalis V.
- Where is the fifth costal cartilage of the cat?
- Fifth costal cartilage is a cartilage of the chest (thorax), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the fifth costal cartilage originate and insert?
- Origin: Ventral end of its rib. Insertion: Sternum for the sternal ribs, or the cartilage in front of it for the asternal ribs.
See the fifth costal 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.
