Sternocostal joints

Sternocostal joints

Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
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Identifiers
Latin articulationes sternocostales
TA A03.3.02.002
FMA 72323

Anatomical terminology

The sternocostal articulations (costosternal articulations), articulations of the cartilages of the true ribs with the sternum are arthrodial joints, with the exception of the first, in which the cartilage is directly united with the sternum, and which is, therefore, a synarthrodial articulation. The ligaments connecting them are:

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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