Lumbocostal ligament

Lumbocostal ligament

The four floating ribs (indicated with red arrows)
Details
From twelfth rib
To lumbar vertebrae
Identifiers
Latin ligamentum lumbocostale
Dorlands
/Elsevier
l_09/12492535
TA A03.3.04.009
FMA 8960

Anatomical terminology

The Lumbocostal ligament is a fibrous band that crosses from the twelfth rib to the tips of the transverse processes of the first and second lumbar vertebrae.


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