Sternocostal

Sternocostal joints
Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
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Identifiers
Latin	articulationes sternocostales
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_64/12161567
TA	A03.3.05.001
FMA	72323
Anatomical terminology []

The sternocostal joints also known as sternochondral joints (or costosternal articulations), are synovial plane joints of the cartilages of the true ribs with the sternum, with the exception of the first, which is a synarthrosis since the cartilage is directly united with the sternum. The ligaments connecting them are:

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