Costal cartilage 5
Cartilago costalis V
Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
About the costal cartilage 5 of the pig
Costal cartilage 5 is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago costalis V. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body of the pig, 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
- Ventral end of its rib.
- Insertion
- Sternum for the sternal ribs, or the cartilage in front of it for the asternal ribs.
- Action
- Hyaline cartilage that carries the rib to the sternum and gives the chest wall its spring.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Measured on the specimen
What the costal cartilage 5 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
- Costal cartilage 5
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago costalis V
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the costal cartilage 5
- What is the Latin name of the costal cartilage 5?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the costal cartilage 5 is called Cartilago costalis V.
- Where is the costal cartilage 5 of the pig?
- Costal cartilage 5 is a cartilage of the body (trunk), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the costal cartilage 5 originate and insert?
- Origin: Ventral end of its rib. Insertion: Sternum for the sternal ribs, or the cartilage in front of it for the asternal ribs.
See the costal cartilage 5 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.
