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costal facet (inferior/superior/transverse)

A facet on the articular surface of a vertebra for articulation with a rib Inferior/superior costal facet: A facet on the articular surface of a vertebra for articulating with head of a rib. Transverse costal facet:

Specific

transverse costal facet; costal pit of transverse process

General

facet

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.