10th rib

Study entry

Parts

Like the 1st, it has a single articular surface on the head and articulates with a single vertebra. False rib: its cartilage joins the one above, in the costal arch (sometimes it is floating).

Joints

With the body of T10; in front, the 10th costal cartilage joins the 9th.

Source: cap. 4, «Costillas, cartílagos costales y espacios intercostales»

Other structures in this region

• Sternum
• Typical rib (3rd–9th)
• 1st rib
• 2nd rib
• 11th and 12th ribs
• Costal cartilages