Costotransverse articulations
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| Costotransverse articulation. Seen from above. | |
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| Section of the costotransverse joints from the third to the ninth inclusive. Constrast the concave facets on the upper with the flattened facets on the lower transverse processes. | |
| Latin | articulatio costotransversaria |
| Gray's | subject #76 300 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_64/12161113 |
Costotransverse Articulations.—The articular portion of the tubercle of the rib forms with the articular surface on the adjacent transverse process an arthrodial joint.
In the eleventh and twelfth ribs this articulation is wanting.
The ligaments of the joint are:
- Articular capsule
- Posterior costotransverse
- Anterior costotransverse
- Ligament of the neck of the rib
- Ligament of the tubercle of the rib
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| Joints and ligaments of torso |
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| articulations of vertebral bodies: anterior longitudinal ligament - posterior longitudinal ligament
articulations of vertebral arches : ligamenta flava - supraspinous ligament (nuchal ligament) - interspinal ligament - intertransverse ligament zygapophyseal joint - intervertebral disc costovertebral, articulation of head of rib: radiate ligament - interarticular ligament, costotransverse sternocostal, interchondral, costochondral articulation of the vertebral column with the pelvis: iliolumbar ligament sacroiliac: anterior sacroiliac ligament - posterior sacroiliac ligament - interosseous sacroiliac ligament ligaments connecting the sacrum and ischium: sacrotuberous ligament - sacrospinous ligament sacrococcygeal symphysis: anterior sacrococcygeal ligament - posterior sacrococcygeal ligament pubic symphysis: superior pubic ligament - inferior pubic ligament |
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