Costoclavicular ligament
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| Ligament: Costoclavicular ligament | ||
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| Sternoclavicular articulation. Anterior view. (Costoclavicular labeled at far left.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum costoclaviculare | |
| Gray's | subject #81 314 | |
| From | first rib ("costa prima") | |
| To | clavicle (costal tuberosity) | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492029 | |
The costoclavicular ligament (rhomboid ligament) is short, flat, strong, and rhomboid in form.
Attached below to the upper and medial part of the cartilage of the first rib, it ascends obliquely backward and lateralward, and is fixed above to the costal tuberosity on the under surface of the clavicle.
It is in relation, in front, with the tendon of origin of the Subclavius; behind, with the subclavian vein.
