Sternocostal articulation

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 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:

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