What's Superior Costal Facets?
Anatomical Terms of Bone the Superior Costal Facet (Or Superior Costal Fovea) Is a Site Where a Rib Forms a Joint with the Top of a Vertebra. Ribs Connect to...
What does the superior costal facet do?
The superior costal facet joins the rib to the top of a vertebra. The transverse costal facet joins the rib to the transverse process of a vertebra, and the inferior costal facet joins the rib to the lower part of the vertebra. The joints formed are known as the costovertebral joints.
What articulates at superior costal facet?
A rib articulates at the junction of the vertebral body and pedicle (superior costal facet) of its named vertebra and the vertebra above (inferior costal facet). The rib also articulates with the transverse costal facet of the transverse process of its named vertebra.
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