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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



Subdivisions. Vertebral transverse process and tubercle of a rib. 

 Basis. A capsule lined by synovial membrane. 

 Accessory Ligaments. Middle, superior, posterior, costotransverse. 

 Locate the middle costotransverse ligament. 



An interarticular 

 ligament 



SECOND RIB 



The plate of flbro- 

 cartilage between 

 manubrium and 

 meso-Bternum 



FOURTH RIB 



FIFTH RIB 



SEVENTH RIB 



Interohondral 

 capaular ligament 



FIG. 347. THE STERNUM. 

 (Left side, showing ligaments; right side, the synovial cavities.) 



It is between the back of the neck of the rib and the front of the transverse 

 process. It is called the costotransverse interosseous ligament. 



Locate the posterior costotransverse ligaincnt. 



It extends from the non-articular part of the tubercle of the rib to the tip of 

 the transverse, process. 



Locate the superior costotransverse ligament. 



