Cervical vertebra 3
Vertebra cervicalis III
Large transverse processes with a transverse foramen for the vertebral artery, and broad articular processes that let the neck bend freely.
About the cervical vertebra 3 of the pig
Cervical vertebra 3 is a bone of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra cervicalis III. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Measured on the specimen
What the cervical 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
- Cervical vertebra 3
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra cervicalis III
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The cervical vertebra 3 in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the cervical vertebra 3
- What is the Latin name of the cervical vertebra 3?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cervical vertebra 3 is called Vertebra cervicalis III.
- Where is the cervical vertebra 3 of the pig?
- Cervical vertebra 3 is a bone of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.
See the cervical vertebra 3 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.
