Cricoid cartilage
Cartilago cricoidea
About the cricoid cartilage of the pig
Cricoid cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago cricoidea. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Cricoid cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago cricoidea
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The cricoid cartilage in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the cricoid cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the cricoid cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cricoid cartilage is called Cartilago cricoidea.
- Where is the cricoid cartilage of the pig?
- Cricoid cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.
See the cricoid cartilage 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.
