page_title: Intercostal space
hierarchical_section_title: Intercostal space
caption_attribution_description: Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
context_page_description: The intercostal space is the anatomic space between two ribs. Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it.
context_section_description: The intercostal space (ICS) is the anatomic space between two ribs (Lat. costa). Since there are 12 ribs on each side, there are 11 intercostal spaces, each numbered for the rib superior to it.
caption: Sternocostal and interchondral articulations. Anterior view.
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