Lateral costotransverse ligament
Appearance
Lateral costotransverse ligament | |
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Details | |
From | transverse process of vertebra |
To | rib |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ligamentum costotransversarium laterale |
TA98 | A03.3.04.008 |
TA2 | 1727 |
FMA | 12162 |
Anatomical terminology |
The lateral costotransverse ligament is a fibrous band that crosses transversely from the posterior surface of the tip of a transverse process of a vertebra to the non-articular part of the tubercle of the corresponding rib.