Joints of the Thorax. 



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Processus articularis superior 

 Fovoa costalis superior 



Fovea costalis trans versalis 



Ligamentum costotransversarium 



anterius 

 Ligamentum intertransversarium 



Costa 



Ligamentum capituli 

 costae radiatum 



Fibrocartilago 

 intervertebralis 



Ligamentum longitudinale 

 anterius 



Fovea costalis inferior 



i 



Processus articularis inferior 



223. Ribs and corresponding vertebrae, 



With ligaments, viewed from the right. 

 (The lateral portion of the ligamentum longitudinale anterius has been removed.) 



On the anterior surface of each of the articulationes capitulorum , the 

 broad flat ligamentum capituli costae radiatum (0. T. anterior costo vertebral or stellate 

 ligament) (see also Figs. 212 and 225) extends from the head of the rib to the lateral 

 surfaces of the corresponding vertebral bodies and fibrocartiiago intervertebralis; the 

 fibres diverge medianward and are partly covered over by the lateral portions of the 

 ligamentum longitudinale anterius. 



