thorax/lungs Flashcards
True ribs
1-7 connect directly on sternum
False ribs
8-12 don’t connect to sternum
Floating ribs
11-12
Joint of head of rib articulates betw
Head of ribs, costal facet/demifacet and intervertebral discs
Intraarticular lig attaches
Rib crest to intervertebral disc
(R1,10,11,12 don’t have)
Radiate lig
Ant portion of joint capsule that attaches to 1 and or 2 vertebrae and intervertebral disc
Costotransverse joints articulate betw
Rib tubercle and transverse costal facets
Costotransverse lig runs from
Neck of rib to TP medially
Lat costotransverse lig runs from
Rib tubercle to TP lat
Sup costotransverse lig runs from
Neck of rib to TP above
Costochondral joints articulate betw
Ant ribs and costal cartilages
Sternocostal joints articulate betw
Costal cartilages and costal notches of sternum
Intercostal musc
External, internal, innermost intercostals
Subcostal musc run in direction
Same as internal/innermost intercostals (perpendicular to external)
During inspiration, diaphragm
Drops/flattens (inc vertical diameter of thoracic cavity)