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THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE UPPER LIMB 



Anterior sternoclavicular ligament 

 Lig. sternoclaviculare 



Sternal articular facet of the clavicle 



Fades articularis sternalis claviculae 



Costoclavicular 

 or rhomboid ligament 

 Lig. costoclaviculare 



Interclavicular ligament 



. interclaviculare 



First rib 



Capsule of the joint 



Capsula articularis 



\Interarticular fibrocartilage 



Discus articularis 



First costal cartilage 

 Cartilage costalis I. 



Manubrium, or presternum! 



Clavicular notch of the sternum 



Incisura clavicularis sterni 



FIG. 429. ARTICULATIO STERNOCLAVICULAKIS, STERNOCLAVICULAR ARTICULATION : CAPSULA 

 ARTICULARIS, CAPSULE OF THE JOINT ; Discus ARTICULARIS, INTERARTICULAR FIBRO- 

 CARTILAGE ; LlGAMENTA INTERCLAVICULARE ET COSTOCLAVICULARE, INTERCLAVICULAR AND 



COSTOCLAVICULAR OR RHOMBOID LIGAMENTS. 

 The left sternoclavicular articulation has been opened by the removal of the anterior wall of the capsular ligament. 



Interarticular fibrocartilage 

 Discus articularis 



Interclavicular ligament 



Lig. interclaviculare 



Interarticular fibrocartilage 



! Discus articularis 



The clavicle 

 Clavicula 



Costoclavicular 



or rhomboid ligament 



Lig. costoclaviculare 



First rib- 

 Costa I. 



Capsule of the joint 

 Capsula articularis 



Sternal articular facet of 

 the clavicle 



Facie* articularis sternalis 

 claviculae 



Clavicular notch of the 



sternum 

 Incisura clavicularis sterni 



Synovial cavities' 

 Cavum articulare 



Manubrium, or presternum 



Manubrium sterni 



1 The interarticular fibrocartilage is occasionally defective in the centre, and in rare cases even entirely wanting ; 

 there is then only one synovial cavity. TR. 



FIG. 430. ARTICULATIO STERNOCLAVICULARIS, STERNOCLAVICULAR ARTICULATION : Discus ET 

 CAPSULA ARTICULARIS, INTERARTICULAR FIBROCARTILAGE AND CAPSULAR LIGAMENT; 

 CAVUM ARTICULARE, SYNOVIAL CAVITY OR CAVITIES ; LIGAMKNTA INTERCLAVICULARE ET 

 COSTOCLAVICULARE, INTERCLAVICULAR AND COSTOCLAVICULAR OR RHOMBOID LIGAMENTS. 



The right sternoclavicular articulation has been divided by a frontal section ; in the left, the capsule 

 has been removed and the clavicle has been drawn backwards. 



STERNOCLAVICULAR ARTICULATION, SEEN FROM BEFORE. 



Articulationes et ligamenta cinguli extremitatis superioris Articulations and ligaments 



of the shoulder-girdle. 



