Lateral costotransverse ligament

Lateral costotransverse ligament
Details
From transverse process of vertebra
To rib
Latin ligamentum costotransversarium laterale

Anatomical terminology

The Lateral costotransverse ligament is a fibrous band that crosses transversely from the posterior surface of the tip of a transverse process of a vertebra to the non-articular part of the tubercle of the corresponding rib.


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