OF THE RIBS WITH VERTEBRAE 



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The stellate ligament is overlapped at the spine by the short verte])ral ligaments. 

 In the case of the tirst, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs, each of which articu- 

 lates with one vertebra, the ligament is not quite so distinctly stellate, but even 



Fig. 214. — The Capsular Ligaments of the Costo-vertebrai. Joints. 



Spinous process of seventh 

 cervical vertebra 



Capsular ligament of the first eosto-trans- 

 verse Joint 



Capsular ligament of first 

 costo-central joint 



in these the ascending fibres reach the vertebra above that Avith which the rib 

 articulates. 



The synovial membranes (fig. 216) consist of two closed sacs which do not 

 communicate: one above, and the other below the interarticular ligament. In the 



Fig. 215. — Showing the Anterior Common Ligament of the Spine, and the Connec- 

 tion OF the Ribs with the VERTEBRiE. 



The interarticular 

 ligament 



The superior or anterior 

 eosto-transverse ligaments 



The stellate ligament 



case of the first, tenth, eleventh, and twelftli articulations, there is but one synovial 

 membrane, as these joints have no interarticular ligament. 



The arterial supply is from the intercostal arteries, tlu^ twigs piercing the 

 stellate and capsular ligaments. 

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