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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE TRUNK 



Anterior common ligament 



Lig. longitudinale anterius 



Anterior costocentral or stellate ligament 



Lig. capituli costae radiatum 



Costocentral articulation 



Articulatio capituli costae 



Costotransverse articulation 

 Articulatio costotransversaria 



Intervertebral disc 



Fibrocartilago intervertebralis 



Anterior costocentral or stellate ligament 

 ,Lig. capituli costae radiatum 



Interarticular costocentral ligament 

 ,-'''Lig. capituli costae interarticulare 



Articular surface of the head of the 



seventh rib 

 Facies articularis capituli costae VII. 



Ridge of the neck of the rib 



Crista colli costae 



Superior articular process 



Pi'ocessus articularis superior 



Posterior costotrans verse ligament \l 



Lig. tuberculi costae y 



Middle costotransverse ligament 



Lig. colli costae 



Posterior costotransverse ligament 

 Lig. tuberculi costae 



Transverse process 



Processus transversus 



Middle costotransverse ligament 

 Lig. colli costae 



FIG. 408. ARTICULATIONES CAPITULORUM ET COSTOTRANSVERSARIA, THE COSTOCENTRAL AND 

 COSTOTRANSVERSE ARTICULATIONS : LIGAMENTUM CAPITULI COST^E INTERARTICULARE, THE 

 INTERARTICULAR COSTOCENTRAL LIGAMENT ; LIGAMENTUM COLLI COST.E ET LIGAMENTUM 

 TUBERCULI COSTAE, THE MIDDLE AND POSTERIOR COSTOTRANSVERSE LIGAMENTS. (THE 

 SEVENTH DORSAL VERTEBRA WITH THE VERTEBRAL EXTREMITIES OF THE SEVENTH PAIR 

 OF RlBS; SEEN FROM ABOVE.) 



On the left side the costocentral and costotransverse articulations have been opened by a horizontal 

 section through the rib and the vertebral body ; on the right side the section passes through the 

 intervertebral disc on a plane just above the attachment of the interarticular costocentral liga- 

 ment to the ridge between the two articular facets on the vertebral extremity of the rib. 



Articulationes costovertetrales Costovertebral articulations. 



