Ligament of Tubercle Rib

Costal tubercle ligament

In the formation of the upper surface of the sternum wall there is a ligamentous apparatus, represented mainly by the anterior and posterior umbilical ligaments, stretched between the ribs and the sternum. Among the umbilical ligaments at the manubrium of the sternum there is a ligament of the apex of the ribs - the ligament of the apex of the ribs, or the ligament of the rib tubercle. This ligament, together with the papillary process, forms a protrusion on the medial side of the medial