Thyroid cartilage
Cartilago thyroidea
About the thyroid cartilage of the pig
Thyroid cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Cartilago thyroidea. 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
- Thyroid cartilage
- Latin (NAV)
- Cartilago thyroidea
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The thyroid cartilage in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the thyroid cartilage
- What is the Latin name of the thyroid cartilage?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the thyroid cartilage is called Cartilago thyroidea.
- Where is the thyroid cartilage of the pig?
- Thyroid cartilage is a cartilage of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.
See the thyroid 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.
