Ribs

Question 0

What does the head of the rib articulate with?

Answer 0

The bodies of two adjacent vertebraes and the disc between them

Question 1

What are costal cartilages?

Answer 1

Flexible connections that permit bending on the rib cage during breathing

Question 2

What does the tubercle articulate with?

Answer 2

with the transverse process of the inferior vertebra

Question 3

How does the rib attach the vertebra?

Answer 3

Attached to the transverse and superior costal facets and the inferior costal facet of the vertebrae above

Question 4

What is the intercostal space?

Answer 4

Between one rib and the next which is full of muscles

Question 5

What are the two layers of the intercostal space muscles?

Answer 5

1. external intercostal muscle - start at the back and go round 2/3rds and it becomes membranous
2. internal intercostal muscle - start at the front and go round 2/3rds and it becomes membranous

Question 6

Apart from muscle what else is in the intercostal space?

Answer 6

A neurovascular bundle with an artery (from aorta normally) vein and a nerve which are protected by the upper rib