Caudal vertebra 3

Vertebra caudalis III

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 3 (Vertebra caudalis III) of the pig: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the caudal vertebra 3 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 3
Latin (NAV)
Vertebra caudalis III
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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