ligament of the tubercle of the rib

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ligament of the tubercle of the rib,

one of the five ligaments of each costotransverse joint, comprising a short thick fasciculus passing obliquely from the transverse process of a vertebra to the tubercle of the associated rib. Compare ligament of the neck of the rib.

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