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What makes up the thoracic cage

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Posteriorly - thoracic vertebrae
Anteriorly - sternum and costal cartilages
Laterally - ribs and intercostal spaces

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2
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What separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities

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Diaphragm

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3
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How many pairs of ribs are there

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12

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What do the ribs articulate with posteriorly and what joint is created

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Vertebral column via the costo-vertebral joints

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What do ribs 1-7 articulate with anteriorly

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Sternum via costal cartilages

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What do ribs 8-10 articulate with anteriorly

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Costal cartilage superior to them

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7
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What is unique about ribs 11 and 12

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They end free in the abdominal muscles (floating ribs)

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8
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What are the parts of a typical rib

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Head
Neck
Tubercle
Shaft

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What are rib heads

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Wedge shaped with 2 articular facets (superior and inferior separated by a wedge of bone) for articulation with the body of the corresponding vertebra and the vertebra above

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10
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What does the rib neck connect

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Head to the body at the level of the tubercle

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11
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What is the rib tubercle

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An articular facet for articulation with the transverse process of the corresponding thoracic vertebra

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12
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What is the shaft of a rib

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Thin, flat, curved part of the rib

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13
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Where does the rib shaft twist forwards

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At the angle

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14
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What protects the intercostal vessels and nerves

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Costal groove on the lower border of the rib shaft

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15
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How many processes do typical thoracic vertebrae have

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7

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What are demifacets

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Inferior and superior pair of facets on the vertebral bodies for articulation with the head of ribs

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17
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What are costal facets

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Facets on the transverse processes for articulation with the tubercles of ribs

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18
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Which ribs are ‘typical’

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3-9

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19
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What is unique about thoracic spinous processes

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They are long and slant inferiorly to protect the spinal cord

20
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What types of joints are costo-vertebral joints

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What are the 2 costo-vertebral joints

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Joint of the rib head

Costo-transverse joint

22
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What is the articulation of a joint of the rib head

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Head of rib with the superior costal facet of the corresponding vertebra and the inferior costal facet of the vertebra above

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What is the articulation of the costo-transverse joint

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Tubercle of rib with the transverse process of the corresponding vertebra

24
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Describe rib 1

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Broadest
Shortest
Most curved

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Articulation of rib 1
T1 vertebra
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What grooves are on rib 1
Groove for the subclavian artery | Groove for the subclavian vein
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What separates the transverse grooves on rib 1
Scalene tubercle
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Articulation of rib 2
Bodies of T1-2
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What is on the upper surface of rib 2
Tuberosity for serratus anterior
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Which ribs have a single articular facet (for articulation with a single vertebra)
1 10 11 12
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Describe ribs 11 and 12
Short | No neck or tubercle
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Movement of ribs during ventilation involves which joints
Costo-vertebral joints
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What are the types of ribs
Typical | Atypical
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What structures are most at risk in rib fractures
Lungs Spleen Diaphragm
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What is flail chest
More than one rib is fractured so the thoracic muscles no longer control the affected area. The affected area displays a paradoxical movement during ventilation which impairs full expansion of the rib cage and reduces O2 content of the blood
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Treatment for flail chest
Fixing the affected ribs to prevent their paradoxical movement
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Shape of thoracic vertebral bodies
Heart shaped
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Which vertebrae have demifacets
T2-9
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Parts of the sternum
Manubrium Body Xiphoid process
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What occurs to the sternum during adulthood
Cartilage separating the parts ossifies
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Which part of the sternum articulates with the clavicle
Manubrium forming the sternoclavicular joint
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What is the sternal angle
Articulation of the manubrium with the body at the level of the 2nd intercostal space
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Which ribs does the manubrium articulate with
1 | Part of 2
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Which ribs does the body of sternum articulate with
Part of 2 3-6 Part of 7
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What vertebral level is the xiphoid process at
T10
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What is the most common type of sternum fracture
Comminuted
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What is the most common site of sternum fracture
Manubriosternal joint

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