Fig. 2From: Osteochondrosis and other lesions in all intervertebral, articular process and rib joints from occiput to sacrum in pigs with poor back conformation, and relationship to juvenile kyphosisTransitional vertebrae with characteristics of both the cranially and caudally adjacent segments. a. Pig 14 has a transitional vertebra T15 at the thoraco-lumbar junction with both a left and a right rib (arrows), and five lumbar vertebrae. The spine curvature is normal.b. Pig 4 has a transitional vertebra T16 at the thoraco-lumbar junction that is asymmetric in the sense that it only has one rib on the left side (arrow), but spine curvature is normal. a-b. 3D model, dorsal viewBack to article page