Lateral costotransverse ligament

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Ligament: Lateral costotransverse ligament
Latin ligamentum costotransversarium laterale
From transverse process of vertebra
To rib
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The Lateral costotransverse ligament is a fibrous band that crosses transversely from the posterior surface of the tip of a transverse process of a vertebra to the non-articular part of the tubercle of the corresponding rib.