Anterior Thoracic Wall Anatomy Flashcards
thoracic skeleton consists of
- sternum
- 12 pairs of ribs and costal cartilages
- 12 thoracic vertebra and associated intervertebral discs
intervertebral discs are located between
- vertebrae
sternum composed of
- manubrium
- body
- xiphoid process
sternal angle
also called
- angle of Louis
- articulation between manubrium and the body
rib connected to sternum by
- costal cartilage
sternal angle marks articulation site for
- 2nd rib and costal cartilage
sternal angle directly opposite of
- T4/T5 vertebrae
jugular notch
- concave notch along superior border of manubrium
superior thoracic aperture
- doorway between thoracic cavity and neck
clinicians refer to superior thoracic aperture as
- thoracic outlut
inferior thoracic aperture closed by
separates
- diaphragm
- separates thoracic cavity from abdominal cavity
vertebra consists of
- vertebral body
- vertebral arch
- processes
vertebral body used for
- weight bearing
vertebral arch consists of
- pedicles
- laminae
vertebral arch used for
- protection of spinal cord
shape of vertebral bodies
- heart shaped
facets of vertebral bodies
- 2 costal facets
- superior and inferior
- on each side of body for articulation with head of the rib
transverse processes are
- long and slender
transverse processes have a
- transverse costal facet
transverse costal facet articulates with
- tubercle of a rib
spinous processes
- long and slant inferiorly
articular processes and associated facets articular with
- adjacent vertebrae
three types of ribs
- vertebrocostal
- vertebrochrondal
- vertebral
vertebrocostal articulates with
- sternum via own costal cartilage
vertebrocostal ribs
- true
- 1-7
vertebrochondral ribs
- false
- 8-10
vertebrochondral articulates with
- indirect articulation with sternum via costal cartilage of superior rib
vertebral ribs
- floating
- 11-12
vertebral ribs articulates with
- DO NOT articulate with sternum
- end in posterior abdominal wall
facets of rib head
- superior and inferior
- articulate with bodies of two vertebrae
what is located between two facets of rib
- crest
neck of rib
- slightly constricted area just distal to head
tubercle of rib located at
- junction of neck and shaft
tubercle of rib has a
- facet for articulation with corresponding transverse process of vertebra
shaft
- thin, flat, curved
shaft has a
- costal angle where rib turns anterolateral
- costal groove inferiorly for neurovascular structures
head of typical ribs articulates with
- two vertebrae
- body of numerically corresponding vertebra and also body of vertebra superior to it
tubercle of typical rib articulates with
- numerically corresponding transverse process
joints of thoracic skeleton
- costochondral
- sternocostal
- costovertebral
costochondral joints
- cartilaginous joints between rib and costal cartilage