The eleventh rib is categorised as one of the 'floating' ribs. It articulates posteriorly with the eleventh thoracic vertebra. Anteriorly, its free end is ensheathed within muscle and does not articulate with the sternum.
It is atypical in that:
However, it maintains a tubercle and costal groove.
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