Epiglottic cartilage
Cartilago epiglottica
About the epiglottic cartilage of the pig
Epiglottic cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago epiglottica. 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
- Epiglottic cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago epiglottica
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the epiglottic cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the epiglottic cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the epiglottic cartilage is called Cartilago epiglottica.
- Where is the epiglottic cartilage of the pig?
- Epiglottic cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.
See the epiglottic 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.
