Interchondral Articulations (articulations of the cartilages of the ribs with each other).—The contiguous borders of the sixth, seventh, and eighth, and sometimes those of the ninth and tenth, costal cartilages articulate with each other by small, smooth, oblong facets.
Each articulation is enclosed in a thin articular capsule, lined by synovial membrane and strengthened laterally and medially by ligamentous fibers (interchondral ligaments) which pass from one cartilage to the other.
Sometimes the fifth costal cartilages, more rarely the ninth and tenth, articulate by their lower borders with the adjoining cartilages by small oval facets; more frequently the connection is by a few ligamentous fibers.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
Joints and ligaments of torso (TA A03.02–04,GA 3.299)
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Vertebral |
Syndesmosis
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Of vertebral bodies
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- anterior longitudinal ligament
- posterior longitudinal ligament
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Of vertebral arches
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- ligamenta flava
- supraspinous ligament (nuchal ligament)
- interspinal ligament
- intertransverse ligament
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Symphysis
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- intervertebral disc (annulus fibrosus
- nucleus pulposus)
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Synovial joint
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Atlanto-axial
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- median: Cruciate ligament of atlas (Transverse ligament of atlas)
- Alar ligament
- Apical ligament of dens
- Tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint
- anterior atlantoaxial ligament
- posterior atlantoaxial ligament
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Zygapophysial
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Lumbosacral
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Sacrococcygeal
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- anterior sacrococcygeal ligament
- posterior sacrococcygeal ligament
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Thorax |
Costovertebral
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Head of rib
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- Radiate ligament
- Intra-articular ligament
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Costotransverse
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- Costotransverse ligament
- Lumbocostal ligament
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Sternocostal
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- interarticular sternocostal ligament
- radiate sternocostal ligaments
- costoxiphoid ligaments
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Interchondral
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Costochondral
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Pelvis |
Syndesmoses of pelvic girdle
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- Obturator membrane
- Obturator canal
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Pubic symphysis
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- superior pubic ligament
- inferior pubic ligament
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Sacroiliac
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- anterior sacroiliac ligament
- posterior sacroiliac ligament
- interosseous sacroiliac ligament
- ligaments connecting the sacrum and ischium: sacrotuberous ligament
- sacrospinous ligament
- Greater sciatic foramen
- Lesser sciatic foramen
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M: JNT
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anat (h/c, u, t, l)/phys
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noco (arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr
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proc, drug (M01C, M4)
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