Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior costal facet
Fovea costalis superior
- 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 superior
- English
- Superior costal facet
- French
- Fossette costale supérieure
- Spanish
- Faceta costal superior
- Portuguese
- Faceta costal superior