Thoracic Apertures Flashcards

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Superior Thoracic Aperture

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Top ring of picture

Bounded by 1st Thoracic vertebra, 1st pair of ribs, and top of sternum

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Inferior Thoracic Aperture

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Bottom of picture

Bounded by: 12th Thoracic Vertebrae

12th rib pair

Anterior extremities of the 11th and 12th ribs

costal cartilages of the 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th ribs

Xiphoid process

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