Costochondral joint

Costochondral joint
Costochondral articulations
Latin articulationes costochondrales
Gray's subject #77 304

The costochondral joints are the articulations between the ribs and costal cartilage. They are hyaline cartilagenous joints. Each rib has a depression shaped like a cup that the costal cartilage articulates with. There is normally no movement at these joints. Joints between costal cartilages of ribs 6-9 are plane synovial joints. Articulation between costal cartilage of rib 9 and rib 10 is fibrous.

Costochondral Articulations.—The lateral end of each costal cartilage is received into a depression in the sternal end of the rib, and the two are held together by the periosteum.

v · d · eJoints and ligaments of torso (TA A03.02–04, GA 3.299)
Vertebral
Of vertebral bodies

median: Cruciate ligament of atlas (Transverse ligament of atlas) · Alar ligament · Apical ligament of dens · Tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint

lateral: no ligaments

anterior atlantoaxial ligament · posterior atlantoaxial ligament
no ligaments
Lumbosacral
Thorax
Radiate ligament · Intra-articular ligament
no ligaments
no ligaments
Pelvis
Syndesmoses of pelvic girdle

M: JNT

anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys

noco(arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(M01C, M4)

Ed. Adams,2007


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