Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The head of the rib is the end of a rib closest to the vertebral column with which it articulates.It is marked by a kidney-shaped articular surface divided by a horizontal crest into two facets for articulation with the depression formed on the bodies of two adjacent thoracic vertebrae; the upper facet is the smaller; to the crest is attached the interarticular ligament.

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