Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, pertaining to a rib and to the body of a vertebra: applied to the stellate ligaments connecting these parts. Also
costocentral .
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- adjective anatomy Connecting a
rib with the body of avertebra
Etymologies
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Examples
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The distal portions of the primitive costal arches remain undeveloped; occasionally the arch of the seventh cervical vertebra undergoes greater development, and by the formation of costovertebral joints is separated off as a rib.
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The posterior borders of the lungs are indicated by lines drawn from the level of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, down either side of the vertebral column, across the costovertebral joints, as low as the spinous process of the tenth thoracic vertebra.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 6. Surface Markings of the Thorax 1918
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The Radiate Ligament (ligamentum capituli costæ radiatum; anterior costovertebral or stellate ligament).
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The anterior portions of the Intercostales interni probably have an additional function in keeping the sternocostal and interchondral joint surfaces in apposition, the posterior parts of the Intercostales externi performing a similar function for the costovertebral articulations.
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It relaxes when the event prompting the display is ended, partly by passive recoil of the costovertebral ligaments, and partly due to active muscle contractions of a further set of axial muscles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It relaxes when the event prompting the display is ended, partly by passive recoil of the costovertebral ligaments, and partly due to active muscle contractions of a further set of axial muscles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It relaxes when the event prompting the display is ended, partly by passive recoil of the costovertebral ligaments, and partly due to active muscle contractions of a further set of axial muscles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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It relaxes when the event prompting the display is ended, partly by passive recoil of the costovertebral ligaments, and partly due to active muscle contractions of a further set of axial muscles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Costovertebral Tenderness +CVA is associated with renal disease Warn the patient what you are about to do Have the patient sit up on the exam table Use heel of your closed fist to strike the patient firmly over costovertebral angles Compare the left and right sides
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Pyelonephritis SSx: bacteriuria / pyuria costovertebral angle tenderness spiking temperature Clinical Dx: Urinalysis U / S 77
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