Rib 10

Costa X

A head and tubercle articulating with its vertebra, an angle where it turns, and a shaft ending in a costal cartilage.

System
Bone
Region
Trunk
Sides
Paired: left and right
Rib 10 (Costa X) of the pig, left side: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the rib 10 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
Rib 10
Latin (NAV)
Costa X
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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