superior costal facet
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su·pe·ri·or cos·tal fac·et
[TA]a demifacet on the upper edge of the body of a vertebra articulating with the head of a rib; a single rib articulates with the inferior costal facet and superior costal facet of the adjacent vertebrae.
Synonym(s): fovea costalis superior [TA], superior costal pit