Xiphoid cartilage
Cartilago xiphoidea
The cartilaginous tip of the sternum; the attachment of the ventral abdominal wall.
About the xiphoid cartilage of the cat
Xiphoid cartilage is a cartilage of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago xiphoidea. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body 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
- Caudal end of the sternum, on the xiphoid process.
- Insertion
- Blends with the linea alba and the diaphragm.
- Action
- The cartilaginous tip of the sternum; the attachment of the ventral abdominal wall.
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 xiphoid 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.
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Xiphoid cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago xiphoidea
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the xiphoid cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the xiphoid cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the xiphoid cartilage is called Cartilago xiphoidea.
- Where is the xiphoid cartilage of the cat?
- Xiphoid cartilage is a cartilage of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline.
- Where does the xiphoid cartilage originate and insert?
- Origin: Caudal end of the sternum, on the xiphoid process. Insertion: Blends with the linea alba and the diaphragm.
See the xiphoid 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.
