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The pedicle of the rib articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebra.

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Each rib articulates with the vertebral column in three places. The head of the rib articualtes with the superior coastal facet of the vertebra after which it is number, the inferior coastal facet of the vertebra above it and the articular facet on the transverce process of the vertebrae aftr which it is numbered. It rib 6 joins with transverse process and superior coastal facet of of the vertebrae T6 and with the inferir coastal facet of T5. All of these joints are synnovial plane type joints.

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The pedicle of the rib articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebra.

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The thoracic vertebrae articulate with the ribs. The cervical and lumbar vertebrae do not articulate with the ribs.
The Thoracic vertebrae

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thoracic vertebrae

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Q: Where do ribs form a joint with the thoracic vertebrae?
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