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Thoracic osteology Flashcards

1
Q

What makes up the thoracic cage?

A

12 pairs of ribs and costal cartilages
12 thoracic vertebrae and intervertebral discs
Sternum

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2
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What do the costal cartilages do?

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Joins ribs to sternum and gives elasticity to thoracic cage

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3
Q

What makes up the sternum?

A

Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid process/Xipheristernum

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4
Q

What happens to the xiphoid process as we age?

A

It ossifies (turns from cartilage to bone)

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5
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What are the 12 vertebrae associated with the thoracic cage ?

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T1 - T12

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6
Q

What structures line the superior thoracic aperture?

A

Manubrium
T1 vertebra
1st ribs and costal cartilages

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7
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What structures line the inferior thoracic aperture?

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Xiphoid process
Costal margin
11th and 12th ribs
T12 vertebra

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8
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What are the true ribs ?

A

1-7

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9
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What are the false ribs ?

A

8-10

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10
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What is the name given to ribs 11-12 ?

A

Floating ribs

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11
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What is the anatomy of a typical rib?

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Head with 2 demifacets
Neck 
Tubercle 
Angle 
Costal groove 
Body / shaft
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12
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What are the atypical ribs?

A

1,2,10,11,12

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13
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What are the characteristics of rib one?

A

Short and wide
Grooves for subclavian artery and vein
Tubercles for scalene muscle attachment
1(whole) facet head

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14
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What are the characteristics of rib two?

A

Tubercles for serratus anterior muscle attachment

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15
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What are the characteristics of rib 10?

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1 (whole) facet on head

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16
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What are the characteristics of ribs 11 and 12?

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1 (whole) facet on head
They are floating ribs
No necks or tubercles

17
Q

What passes through the vertebral foramen of the thoracic vertebrae?

A

Spinal cord

18
Q

What space in the vertebrae allows the spinal nerve to pass through ?

A

Intervertebral foramen

19
Q

What do the zygopophyseal joints influence ?

A

Movement

20
Q

What absorbs shock in the vertebral column?

A

Intervertebral joints

21
Q

What makes up annulus fibrosus?

A

Fibrous layers, resists distension of nuculus pulposus

22
Q

What are the 2 layers of the intervertebral discs ?

A

Annulus fibrosus

Nuculus pulposus

23
Q

What level is the xiphisternal joint symphysised at ?

A

T9 vertebra

24
Q

What landmark is the sternal angle a good marker for?

A

2nd rib

25
Q

What are the two structures the clavicle articulate with?

A

Acromion process of the scapula

Sternum

26
Q

What type of joints are the costovertebral and costotranverse joints ?

A

Synovial

27
Q

What joins at the costovertebral joint?

A

Head of the rib and vertebral body

28
Q

What joins at the costotransverse joint ?

A

Tubercle of rib and vertebral transverse process

29
Q

What joins at the costochondral joint ?

A

Rib and costal cartilages

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