The transverse costal facet (or transverse costal fovea) is one of the costal facets, a site where a rib forms a joint with the transverse process of a thoracic vertebra.
Transverse costal facet | |
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Latin | fovea costalis transversalis |
TA98 | A02.2.03.004 |
TA2 | 1062 |
FMA | 10440 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
References
editThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 102 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
edit- Anatomy figure: 18:02-01 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The costovertebral joint."