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How many ribs are there?

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12

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What are the true ribs?

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First 7 which are connected anteriorally by costal cartilage to the sternum

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What are the false ribs?

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Ribs 8-12

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Vertebrochondrial ribs

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Indirectly connected to the sternum and attached to each other / rib 7 by costal cartilage

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Free floating ribs

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Ribs 11 and 12

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Typical ribs

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Ribs 3-9

Typical in structure

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Atypical ribs

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1, 2, 10-12

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What are the 3 parts of the sternum, list superior to inferior?

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Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid process

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What is the jugular notch?

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The concave center of the manubrium of the sternum

Superior border of the sternum

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What is the middle part of a typical rib called?

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The shaft or body

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What is the angle of a typical rib?

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Where the rib bends sharply anteriorally

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What does the costal groove contain?

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1) Intercostal vein
2) Intercostal artery (VAN)
3) Intercostal nerve

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Label the parts of a typical rib from medial to lateral on the posterior side

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head
neck
tubercle

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What does the tubercle of a rib connect to?

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the body

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Which rib has the scalene tubercle?

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First rib

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Scalene tubercle and veins/arteries

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Subclavian vein crosses the first rib anterior to the scalene tubercle

Subclavian artery crosses the first rib posterior to the scalene tubercle

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Brachial plexus and ribs

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Brachial plexus crosses the first rib posteriorally to the scalene tubercle

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What makes the second rib atypical?

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rough area on its superior surface

the tuberosity for the serratus anterior muscle

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What makes ribs 10, 11, and 12 atypical in structure?

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Single facet head for bodies of corresponding vertebrae

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Is the first rib’s head single facet?

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Yes

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How many facets do typical ribs have to connect with vertebrae?

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Two facets

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How do the external intercostal muscles pass?

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Pass inferiorally and medially from the rib above to the rib below

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How do the fibers of the external intercostal muscles travel?

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Obliquely

This is opposite of the internal and intermost intercostal muscles

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How do the internal intercostal muscles pass?

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Inferiorally and posteriorally from rib above to rib below

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What are the 3 intercostal muscles?
External, internal and innermost
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What is the nerve supply for the intercostal muscles?
Intercostal nerves supply all 3 intercostal muscles
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What is the distinguishing feature of the innermost intercostal muscles?
They are separated from the internal intercostal muscles by the neurovascular bundles
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Where is the neurovascular plane of the thoracic wall?
Between the middle and deepest layers of muscles
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Subcostal muscles
Span two intercostal spaces Pass inferiorally Parallel to internal intercostal muscles
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Transversus thoracis
Four or five slips of muscles that fan out from inferior part of sternum to costal cartilages 2-6
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Ventral rami
Nerves that supply the anterior / ventral portion of the trunk
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Dorsal rami
Nerves that supply the posterior / dorsal portion of the trunk
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How many vertebrae make up the thorax?
12
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Thoracic nerves
Refers to the 12 pairs of nerves that arise from the 12 vertebrae
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What is true of the thoracic nerves?
They are highly segmental and will split into dorsal and ventral rami quickly
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Subcostal nerve
The 12th ventral ramus
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What do most spaces contain in terms of arteries?
One large posterior intercostal artery Two small anterior intercostal arteries
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How are the posterior intercostal arteries grouped?
1. First two spaces 2. Lower nine spaces
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How are the anterior intercostal arteries grouped?
1. Upper six spaces 2. Lower anterior intercostals 7-9 3. Absent from the two lower intercostal spaces
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How many intercostal spaces are there?
11
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Posterior intercostal arteries - first 2 spaces
branches of the supreme intercostal artery which itself is a branch of the costocervical trunk of the subclavian artery
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Posterior intercostal arteries - lower 9 spaces
Direct branches from the thoracic aorta
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Anterior intercostal arteries - upper 6 spaces
Branches of the internal thoracic artery anastomose laterally with the posterior intercostal arteries.
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anastomose meaning
linked at
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Anterior intercostal arteries - lower anterior intercostals
Spaces 7-9 Branches of the musculophrenic artery
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What are intercostal spaces 10-11 supplied by?
Only posterior intercostal arteries
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What is important to note of the lower posterior intercostal and subcostal arteries?
they continue into the abdominal wall along with the nerves
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Do the anterior intercostal arteries continue into the abdominal wall?
No because they stop at the 9th intercostal space
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Where is the internal thoracic artery located?
Lateral to the sternum, anterior to the transversus thoracis muscle
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What does the internal thoracic artery branch into?
Superior epigastric artery Musculophrenic artery *These are both terminal branches
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Pericardiophrenic artery
A branch of the internal thoracic artery Runs with the phrenic nerve supplies the pericardium, diaphragm and part of pleura
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Perforating branches
branches of the internal thoracic artery pass to the skin with the intercostal nerves contribute to blood supply of the breast and enlarged during lactation
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What is true of all arteries?
They are accompanied by corresponding veins
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Where do the posterior intercostal veins empty into?
azygous and hemiazygous veins
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Where do the anterior intercostal veins drain into?
Drain into the musculophrenic vein or the internal Thoracic vein.
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Where does the internal thoracic vein drain into?
Drains into the brachiocephalic vein.
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Where do the external intercostal muscles extend from?
From the rib tubercle posteriorly to the costochondral junction anterioraly
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Costochondral joint
the junction between a rib and its costal cartilage
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Where do the internal intercostal muscles extend from?
From the sternum anteriorly to the angles of ribs posteriorly
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Angle of rib
Where the shaft bends sharply
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Which way do ribs bed?
Anteriorly
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What is the joint between the sternum and a rib called?
Sternocostal joint
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