Ribs (12 Pairs)

Question 1

7 “true”

Answer 1

Have separate costal cartilage attachment to sternum

Question 2

5 “false”

Answer 2

• Do not have separate costal cartilage attachment to the sternum
• either shared attachment or no attachment

Question 3

2 “floating”

Answer 3

“False” ribs which do not attach to the sternum at all

Question 4

Intercostal space

Answer 4

Between adjacent ribs

Question 5

Head/ capitulum (ribs)

Answer 5

• proximal end

- articulates with a facet on the centrum of a thoracic vertebra

Question 6

Tubercle/ tuberculum

Answer 6

-articulates with a facet on the transverse process of a thoracic vertebra

Question 7

Neck (ribs)

Answer 7

Narrow region between capitulum and tuberculum

Question 8

Shaft/ body

Answer 8

Main extent of the rib out to the distal end