Lateral costotransverse ligament
Ligamentum costotransversarium laterale
Definition
The lateral costotransverse ligament (posterior costotransverse ligament) is a feeble band which is attached below to the neck of the rib and passes upward and medialward to the base of the transverse process and lateral border of the inferior articular process of the vertebra above.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
