The frontal attack is usually the least desirable form of maneuver because it exposes the majority of the offensive force to the concentrated fires of the defenders. The battalion may conduct a frontal attack against a stationary or moving enemy force (Figure 4-6).
All of the twelve ribs articulate posteriorly with the vertebrae of the spine. Each rib forms two joints: Costotransverse joint â Between the tubercle of the rib, and the transverse costal facet of the corresponding vertebrae.
The compound of articular processes of vertebrae called dugootrostchatym compound (articulatio zygapophysialis). The joint is flat, formed articular surfaces of the upper articular processes of one vertebra and articular surfaces of the lower articular processes of another-the overlying-vertebra.