Costovertebral joints

Costovertebral joints
Costovertebral articulations
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Costovertebral articulations. Anterior view.
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Costotransverse articulation. Seen from above.
Latin articulationes costovertebrales
Gray's subject #76 299

The costovertebral joints are the articulations that connect the heads of the ribs with the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae. Joining of ribs to the vertebrae occurs at two places, the head and the tubercle of the rib. Two convex facets from the head attach to two adjacent vertebrae. This forms a trochoid joint, which is strengthened by the ligament of the head and the intercapital ligament. Articulation of the tubercle is to the transverse process of the adjacent vertebrae. This articulation is reinforced by the dorsal costotransverse ligament.

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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
Costovertebral
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)


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