Lungs, Pleura, Thoracic Wall: Thoracic Skeleton Joints

Question 1

Type, Articulations, Ligaments:

Intervertebral

Answer 1

Cartilaginous joint

Adjacent vertebral bodies bound together by intervertebral disc

Anterior and posterior longitudinal

Question 2

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Costovertebral joints

Answer 2

Synovial plane of joint

Head of each rib wither superior demifacet or costal facet of corresponding vertebral body and inferior demifacet or costal facet of vertebral body superior to it

Radiate and intra-articular ligaments of head of rib

this is just the joint between the head of the rib and the two vertebral bodies it articulates with at the very end

Question 3

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Costotransverse joint

Answer 3

synovial plane of joint

articulation of tubercle of rib with transverse process of corresponding vertebra

lateral and superior costotransverse ligmanets

Question 4

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Sternocostal joint

Answer 4

1st rip: cartilaginous joint

2nd-7th are synovial plane joints

articulation of 1st costal cartilages with manubrium of sternum

articulation of 2nd-7th pairs of costal cartilages with sternum

anterior and posterior radiate sternocostal ligaments

Question 5

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Sternoclavicular

Answer 5

Saddle type of synovial joint

sternal end of clavicle with manubrium and 1st costal cartilage

anterior and posterior sternoclavicular ligaments; costoclavicular ligament

Question 6

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Costochondral joint

Answer 6

synovial plan joint

articulation between costal cartilages between “6-7-8-9” ribs

interchondral ligaments

Question 7

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Manubriosternal

Answer 7

cartilaginous joint

articulation between manubrium and body of sternum

often fuse in older people

Question 8

Type, Articulations, Ligaments

Xiphisternal

Answer 8

Cartilginous joint

Question 9

articulation between xiphoid process and body of sternum

Answer 9

often fuse in older people