Thoracic Wall Flashcards
Superior boundary of the thorax?
First thoracic vertebra
First pair of ribs and costal cartilages
Manubrium
Inferior boundary?
Twelfth thoracic vertebra
12th par of ribs and costal cartilages
xipihisternal joint
Larger of the two
What dermatome level does the xiphoid process mark?
Dermatome 6
What type of ribs are 1-7?
Vertebrosternal
What type of ribs are 8-10?
Vertebrochondral
What kind of ribs are 11 and 12?
Vertebral (floating)
Where does the tubercle articulate?
transverse process of vertebra with same number
Where does the head of the rib articulate?
Costal demifacets on adjacent thoracic vertebrae
What plane is the first rib in?
Transverse plane, others are in coronal plane
Where can superior and inferior costal demifacets be found?
TV 2-9
First spinous process to be palpated?
C7
Most prominent spinous process?
T1
Describe the atypical vertebra.
T1 has a superior costal facet not demifacet
T10 has one pair of costal facets part on body and part on pedicle
T11 and T12 have one pair of costal facets on pedicles
Describe typical rib articulation.
Heads articulate with demifacets of own number vertebra and the vertebra above and the intervertebral disc in between. The tubercle articulates with the transverse process of the same number verterbra.
How does the transverse process arise?
From vertebra at the intersection lamina and pedicle