Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Situated between any two costal cartilages: as, an interchondral articulation.

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Examples

  • The anterior portions of the Intercostales interni probably have an additional function in keeping the sternocostal and interchondral joint surfaces in apposition, the posterior parts of the Intercostales externi performing a similar function for the costovertebral articulations.

    IV. Myology. 6c. The Muscles of the Thorax 1918

  • Each articulation is enclosed in a thin articular capsule, lined by synovial membrane and strengthened laterally and medially by ligamentous fibers (interchondral ligaments) which pass from one cartilage to the other.

    III. Syndesmology. 1F. Sternocostal Articulations 1918

  • 315– Sternocostal and interchondral articulations.

    III. Syndesmology. 1F. Sternocostal Articulations 1918

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