Caudal vertebra 12

Vertebra caudalis XII

Progressively simpler toward the tip of the tail: the arch and processes disappear and the last ones are little more than rods of bone.

System
Bone
Region
Tail
Sides
Single, on the midline
Caudal vertebra 12 (Vertebra caudalis XII) of the pig: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the caudal vertebra 12 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
Caudal vertebra 12
Latin (NAV)
Vertebra caudalis XII
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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