Interchondral articulations

The interchondral articulations are the joints formed between the costal cartilages of the ribs.

Interchondral articulations
Sternocostal and interchondral articulations seen from the front
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LatinArticulationes interchondrales
TAA03.3.07.001
FMA71378
Anatomical terminology

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.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 304 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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