Thoracic Cavity Flashcards
Where in the thoracic cavity are RBCs formed?
Ribs and sternum
Where is the greatest width of the thoracic cavity?
8th to 9th rib level
Site of communiation between the thoracic cavity and root of the neck
Thoracic inlet
Compression of the vessels crossing between the first rib and clavicle
Thoracic inlet syndrome
Site of communcation between the thoracic cavity and the abdomen
Thoracic outlet
Is the thoracic cavity an open or closed system?
Closed
Formed by the medial borders of costal cartialges of ribs 7-10
Costal margin
Where the costal margins converge at the xiphisternal joint
Infrasternal angle
Classification of ribs 1-7
True ribs: attach directly to sternum by costal cartilages
Classification of ribs 8-10
False ribs: cartialges indirectly attach to the sternum thru costal cartilage of rib 7
Classification of ribs 11 and 12
Do not attachto the sternum and end in the abdominal musculature
Where the transverse process of the vertebra of the same number connects with the rib at the same level
Articular tubercle
Where the lateral costotransverse ligament attaches
Non-articular part of the rib tubercle
Concave, internal aspect of the inferior border of the rib that assists in protection of the intercostal neurovascular bundle
Costal groove
Broadest, shortest, most sharply curved rib
Rib 1. has no costal groove. Superior surface has 2 shallow grooves (separated by scalene tubercle) for subclavian vein and artery
Which rib has a tubercle at the middle of its external surface for the attachment of the serratus anterior?
Rib 2. Has facets that articulates with T1 and T2
Which ribs only have the articular facet on the head to articulate with the vertebral body?
Ribs 10 and 11
Shortest and thinnest rib
Rib 12
Attaches the ribs to the sternum
Costal cartilages
Widest and thickest part of the sternum
Manubrium
What makes up the body of the sternum?
4 central sternebrae that fuse in young adulthood
Which ribs does the sternum articulate with?
2 to 6
When does the xiphisternal joint typically ossify
5th decade of life
What vertebrae level is the manubrium at?
T3 and T4
What ribs are at the sternal angle?
2nd pair of costal cartilages