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.
This is where two vertebrae articulate. There will be one pair of them on the superior side of the vertebrae and one pair on the inferior side of the vertebrae. They are on an oblique plane in the cervical region, nearly a coronal plane in the thoracic region, and in a sagittal plane in the lumbar region.