Thoracic bones

Question 1

What is the purpose of Coastal groove?

Answer 1

Pathway for nerves and blood vessels

Question 2

Interchondral joint means it is between ____ ____, and involve what ribs?

Answer 2

cartilage and cartilage, 6-10

Question 3

Costochondral joints involve ___ and ___

and it involves __ to ___

Answer 3

ribs to cartilage, 1-10

Question 4

what is the articulation between costovertibral joint? what ribs are involved in this?

Answer 4

head of the rib bones to body of the T spine at the facet/demifacet. 1-12

Question 5

what does the costotransverse joint involve? how many ribs are involved in this?

Answer 5

Tuberosity of rib bones to transverse process of T spine, 1-10

Question 6

what is the most important radiographs in Bony Thorax? why?

Answer 6

PA chest, it is used to rule out pneumothorax via ribs fracture

Question 7

Normal PA ribs CR = ___ but if 7-9th ribs are of interest, what do you do to the tube?

Answer 7

T7, angle the tube 10-15 degree

Question 8

for all ribs, what would you like the contrast to be?

Answer 8

short scale

Question 9

For ribs view that are below diaphragm, CR is at the lvl of what thoracic spine?

Answer 9

T10