Landmark · Skeletal system
Crest of head of rib
Crista capitis costae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Sixth rib
DescriptionUnreviewed
The ribs connect to the vertebrae with two costovertebral joints, one on the head and one on the neck.
The head of the rib has a superior and an inferior articulating region, separated by a crest.
These articulate with the superior and inferior costal facets on the connecting vertebrae.
The crest gives attachment to the intra-articulate ligament that joins the rib to the vertebra of the same number, at the intervertebral disc.
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Names
- Latin
- Crista capitis costae
- English
- Crest of head of rib
- French
- Crête de la tête de la côte
- Spanish
- Cresta de la cabeza de la costilla
- Portuguese
- Crista da cabeça de costela