Thorax, Snell Flashcards
(144 cards)
3 parts of sternum
1) Manubrium
2) Body
3) Xiphoid process
Manubrium articulates with
1) Body of sternum
2) Clavicles
3) First costal cartilage
4) Upper part of 2nd costal cartilage
Landmark formed by articulation of manubrium with body of sternum
Sternal angle of Louis
5 structures at the level of sternal angle of Louis
1) 2nd costal cartilage
2) Junction of superior and inferior mediastinum
3) Bifurcation of trachea
4) Junction of ascending aorta and aortic arch and aortic arch and descending aorta
5) IV disc between T4 and T5
Body of sternum articulates with on each side with
2nd to 7th costal cartilages
T/F Xiphoid process is ossified at birth
No, plate of cartilage that becomes ossified at proximal end during adult life
T/F No ribs or costal cartilages are attached to the xiphoid process
T
T/F Sternum possesses red hemopoietic marrow throughout life
T
Ribs, #
12
Categories of ribs
1) True
2) False
3) Floating
True ribs
Attached to the sternum by their costal cartilages (1st-7th)
False ribs
Attached anteriorly to each other and to the 7th rib by their costal cartilages and small synovial joints (8th-10th)
Floating ribs
No anterior attachment (11th-12th)
Atypical rib
1st rib
Superior vs inferior: Costal groove
Inferior
Costal groove accomodates
Intercostal vessels and nerves
Typical rib: Parts
1) Head
2) Neck
3) Tubercle
4) Shaft
5) Angle
Head of rib: How many facets
2
Head of rib: Superior facet articulates with
Vertebra immediately above it
Head of rib: Inferior facet articulates with
Numerically corresponding vertebral body
Tubercle of rib: How many facets
1
Tubercle of rib: Facet articulates with
Transverse process of the numerically corresponding vertebra
Part of rib where the shaft bends forward sharply
Angle
Important structures related to the first rib (2)
1) Brachial plexus
2) Subclavian artery and vein