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What structures make up the thoracic cage?

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•Thoracic vertebrae
•Ribs
•Sternum

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What is the anatomical term for the breastbone?

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Sternum

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From superior to inferior what are the three main parts of the sternum?

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•Manubrium
•Body
•Xiphoid process

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What are the depressions on the sternum for the articulation of the clavicles?

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Clavicular notches

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What is the shallow superior depression on the sternum?

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Suprasternal notch

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What depressions on the sternum do the ribs articulate with?

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Costal notches

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What palpable feature lies at the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum?

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Sternal angle

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How many ribs are there?

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12 pairs

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What ribs have their costal cartilages directly articulated with the sternum?

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True ribs (1-7)

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What ribs do not have their costal cartilages directly articulated with the sternum?

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False ribs (8-12)

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What type of rib has no connection with the sternum?

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Floating ribs (11-12)

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What part of a rib articulates with the body of a vertebrae?

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Head

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What part of a rib articulates with the transverse process of a vertebra?

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Tubercle

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What part of the rib lies between the head and tubercle?

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Neck

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What is the region of a rib where it changes direction and begins curving toward the sternum?

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Angle

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What is the main part of a rib?

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Body

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What feature on the inferior side of a rib marks the path of an artery, a vein, and a nerve?

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Costal groove

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Sternoclavicular joint

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Structurally: synovial
Functionally: diarthrodial
Saddle joint

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Costochondral joints

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Functionally: synarthrodial
Structurally: cartilagenous
Joint between the ribs and costal cartilage

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Sternocostal joints

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The 1st sternocostal joint is cartilaginous the 2nd through 7th are synovial joints.

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What muscles origin is medial half of clavicle and the sternum, insertion tubercle of humerus, action adducts and medially rotates humerus?

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Pectoralis major

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What muscles origin is the 3rd, 4th and 5th ribs, insertion coracoid process of scapula, action pulls scapula forward and downward?

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Pectoralis minor

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What muscles origin is external surfaces of ribs 1-8, insertion anterior vertebral border of scapula, action pulls scapula forward and downward?

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Serratus anterior

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What muscles origin is inferior part of the superior rib, insertion the superior part of the inferior rib, action elevates ribs?

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External intercostals

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What muscles origin is the superior part of the inferior rib, insertion is the inferior part of the superior rib, action depresses ribs?
Internal intercostals
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What muscles origin is the xiphoid process, last six ribs, and the lumbar vertebrae, insertion central tendon, action depresses the central tendon?
Diaphragm
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What part of the vertebrae nervous system innervates smooth and cardiac muscle and glandular tissues and governs involuntary vital functions?
The autonomic nervous system
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If we follow a nerve impulse from the CNS to an effector within the SNS how many motor neurons would be involved?
One
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If we follow a nerve impulse from the CNS to an effector within the ANS how many motor neurons would be involved?
Two
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A motor neuron within the ANS that lies between the CNS and a ganglion is what type of neuron?
Preganglionic
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A motor neuron within the ANS that lies between a ganglion and an effector is what type of neuron?
Ganglionic neuron
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What is the axon of a ganglionic neuron within the ANS?
Postganglionic axon
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What are the two divisions of the ANS?
•Parasympathetic •Sympathetic
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What division of the ANS is primarily concerned with conserving energy and replenishing nutrient stores (rest and digest)?
Parasympathetic
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What division of the ANS is primarily concerned with preparing the body for emergencies (fight or flight)?
Sympathetic
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What is another term for the parasympathetic division?
Carniosacral division
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Where are the cell bodies of the preganglionic neurons for the parasympathetic division located?
Brainstem, gray regions of S2-S4 spinal cord segments
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Where are the ganglia of the parasympathetic division found?
Next to or within the organs they innervate
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What is another term for the sympathetic division of the ANS?
Thoracolumbar division
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From what regions of the CNS does the sympathetic division arise?
The lateral horns of the T1-L2 regions of the spinal cord
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What part of spinal nerves do the preganglionic sympathetic axons travel within as they leave the lateral horn of the spinal cord?
Anterior root
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What sympathetic ganglia lie on the left and right sides of the vertebral column from T1-L2?
Sympathetic trunk
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What are the connections between the spinal nerves and the sympathetic trunks?
Communicating rami
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What structures carry preganglionic sympathetic axons from T1-L2 spinal nerves to the sympathetic trunk?
White rami
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What structures carry postganglionic sympathetic axons from the sympathetic trunk to the spinal nerves?
Gray rami
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What pathway is a postganglionic axon within it travels through a grey ramus that is at the same level as the ganglionic neuron to innervate blood vessels or arrector pili muscles or sweat glands?
Spinal nerve pathway
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What pathway is a postganglionic axon within the preganglionic neuron synapses with a ganglionic neuron in a sympathetic trunk ganglion but the postganglionic axon does not leave the trunk via a gray ramus but instead the postganglionic axon extends away from the sympathetic trunk ganglion and goes directly to the effector organ?
Postganglionic sympathetic nerve pathway

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