Preferred Label : withers;
Uberon definition : The ridge between the shoulder blades of a four-legged mammal.;
Uberon Taxon note : The withers in horses are formed by the dorsal spinal processes of roughly the 3rd
through 11th thoracic vertebrae (most horses have 18 thoracic vertebrae), which are
unusually long in this area. The processes at the withers can be more than 12 inches
(30 cm) long.;
Origin ID : 0017749;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
The ridge between the shoulder blades of a four-legged mammal.
