Caudal vertebra 22
Vertebra caudalis XXII
Progressively simpler toward the tip of the tail: the arch and processes disappear and the last ones are little more than rods of bone.
About the caudal vertebra 22 of the pig
Caudal vertebra 22 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra caudalis XXII. You can turn it above, see it in place in the tail of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Caudal vertebra 22
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra caudalis XXII
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the caudal vertebra 22
- What is the Latin name of the caudal vertebra 22?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the caudal vertebra 22 is called Vertebra caudalis XXII.
- Where is the caudal vertebra 22 of the pig?
- Caudal vertebra 22 is a bone of the tail (tail), a single structure on the midline.
See the caudal vertebra 22 inside the whole pig.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig 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.
