Hiérarchie anatomique
Anatomie générale > Articulations; Système articulaire > Articulations du thorax > Articulations du thorax > Articulations costovertébrales > Articulation de la tête costale
Structures sous-jacentes
Traductions
Articulations of the Heads of the Ribs (articulationes capitulorum; costocentral articulations) —These constitute a series of gliding or arthrodial joints, and are formed by the articulation of the heads of the typical ribs with the facets on the contiguous margins of the bodies of the thoracic vertebræ and with the intervertebral fibrocartilages between them; the first, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs each articulate with a single vertebra. The ligaments of the joints are: