Thoracic vertebra 15
Vertebra thoracica XV
A tall spinous process, and costal foveae on the body and the transverse process where its rib articulates.
About the thoracic vertebra 15 of the pig
Thoracic vertebra 15 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Vertebra thoracica XV. You can turn it above, see it in place in the body of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Measured on the specimen
What the thoracic vertebra 15 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
- Thoracic vertebra 15
- Latin (NAV)
- Vertebra thoracica XV
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The thoracic vertebra 15 in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the thoracic vertebra 15
- What is the Latin name of the thoracic vertebra 15?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the thoracic vertebra 15 is called Vertebra thoracica XV.
- Where is the thoracic vertebra 15 of the pig?
- Thoracic vertebra 15 is a bone of the body (trunk), a single structure on the midline.
See the thoracic vertebra 15 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.
