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vet-Anatomy The Anatomy of veterinary imaging
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  3. Anatomical parts
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  5. Costovertebral joints
  6. Joint of head of rib

Veterinary anatomy

  • Veterinary anatomy
  • Terms of position and direction indicating parts of the body
  • Terms relating to the limbs
  • General terms
  • Body parts
  • Regions of the body
  • Osteology
  • Arthrology
    • Sutures of the head
    • Cranial synchondroses
    • Joints of spine, thorax and skull
      • Intervertebral symphysis
      • Ligamenta flava
      • Joints of articular processes
      • Intertransverse ligaments
      • Interspinous ligaments
      • Supraspinous ligament
      • Nuchal ligament
      • Lumbar intertransversar joints
      • Lumbosacral joint
      • Atlantooccipital joint
      • Atlantoaxial joint
      • Costovertebral joints
        • Joint of head of rib
        • Costotransverse joint
        • Sternocostal joints
      • Sternal synchondroses
      • Manubriosternal synovial joint
      • Costochondral joints
      • Intrachondral joints
    • Joints of thoracic limb
    • Joints of pelvic limb
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Joint of head of rib - Horse - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
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Joint of head of rib

Articulatio capitis costae

  • Related terms: Joint of head of rib (Costovertebral joints)

Definition

The joint of head of rib is a spheroidal joint between the head of a rib and the bodies of two adjacent vertebrae and intervertebral disc. 

References

Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS

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  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Shoulder - 3D - Bones - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Cat - Osteology - Vertebral column - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Cat - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Cat - Osteology - Abdomen/Pelvis - vet-Anatomy
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  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Abdomen - Pelvis - Frontal - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Abdomen - Pelvis - 3D - Bones - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Bovine - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
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  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Myology - Trunk - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Neck - Transverse - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Neck - Sagittal - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Neck - Dorsal - vet-Anatomy
  • Joint of head of rib - Dog - Neck - 3D - Bones - vet-Anatomy
Joint of head of rib - Horse - Osteology - Thorax - vet-Anatomy
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Anatomical hierarchy

Veterinary anatomy

  1. Arthrology >
  2. Joints of spine, thorax and skull >
  3. Costovertebral joints >
  4. Joint of head of rib

Underlying structures:

  • Joint capsule; Articular capsule
  • Radiate ligament of head of rib
  • Intraarticular ligament of head of rib
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