Landmark · Skeletal system
Inferior costal facet
Fovea costalis inferior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Back
- Landmark on
- Vertebra T8
DescriptionUnreviewed
The vertebral bodies of the thoracic vertebrae present, on either side, two costal demi-facets, one above, near the root of the pedicle, the other below, in front of the inferior vertebral notch; these are covered with cartilage in the fresh state, and, when the vertebrae are articulated with one another, form, with the intervening intervertebral fibrocartilages, oval surfaces for the reception of the heads of the ribs.
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Names
- Latin
- Fovea costalis inferior
- English
- Inferior costal facet
- French
- Fossette costale inférieure
- Spanish
- Faceta costal inferior
- Portuguese
- Faceta costal inferior