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63 Cards in this Set
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The thorax encloses the...
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thoracic cavity
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The thorax is an anchoring site for muscles of the...
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neck, back, upper limbs and abdominal walls.
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The thorax is critical to...
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resperation.
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The sternum, twelve pairs of ribs, the costal cartilage, and the thoracic vertebrae make up the...
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thorax.
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The spaces between ribs are called...
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intercostal spaces.
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There are ... pairs of intercostal spaces.
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11
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A costochondral joint is where a rib meets...
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cartilage.
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Ribs meet the sternum at the...
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sternocostal joint.
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Anteriorly the thorax is composed of...
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the sternum.
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The intercostal spaces are occupied by...
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the intercostal muscles.
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Anteriorly each rib terminates in a...
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costal cartilage.
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Ribs 8-12 are called...
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the false ribs.
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From 1-7, ribs increase in...
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length.
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The vertebrosternal ribs are
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ribs 1-7, also known as true ribs.
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Posteriorly the thorax is composed of the...
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12 thoracic vertabrae.
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Ribs 1, 10, 11, and 12 joint with a single...
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vertebral body.
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The thoracic cavity has a ... inlet.
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superior
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The thoracic cavity has an ... outlet
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inferior
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Anteriorly the superior inlet is bound by the superior border of the ... and the first pair of...
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sternum/ribs
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Posteriorly the superior inlet is bound by the...
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body of T1
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Because of the downward slope of the ribs, the superior border of the sternum is level with the edge of ... in the female and ... in the male.
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T3/T4
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Anteriorly the inferior outlet is bound by the inferior end of the...
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sternum
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Posteriorly the inferior outlet is bound by T...
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12
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The lower edges of the inferior outlet of the thorax are referred to as the...
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costal margins
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The angle of the costal margins as they turn superiorly to meet the sternum is called the...
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infrasternal angle
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The top third of the sternum is called the ...
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Manubrium
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The middle of the sternum is called the..
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body
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The posterior tip of the sternum is called the ...
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xiphoid
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The concave upper border of the manubrium is called the...
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suprasternal/jugular notch.
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The two concave joints lateral to the jugular notch joint with the...
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clavicles.
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The name of the joints where the clavicle meets the manubrium are ... joints.
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sternoclavicular
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The manubriosternal joint is marked by a raised ridge known as the ...
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sternal angle.
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The scalloped facets along the edge of the sternum mark the ... joints between the body and the costal cartilages.
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sterno-costal
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The xiphoid process is an attachment site for part of the...
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diaphram.
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The xiphoid and the sternal body meet at the ...
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xiphisternal joint.
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Ribs 3-9 are similar in structure. True or false?
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True
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The posterior end of a typical rib is expanded to form a...
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head.
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The posterior head of a typical rib has upper and lower ...
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facets.
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Facets are smooth areas separated by a ridge of...
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bone
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At the costovertebral joints, each of the typical ribs joints with two...
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throracic vertebral bodies.
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Beyond the head of the rib is a constricted part called the ...
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neck.
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Past the neck of the rib is the..
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tubercle.
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The tubercle of the rib consists of two parts, the:
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articular and non articular facets.
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The articular part of the rib's tubercle joints with the a facet on the vertebral transverse process at the ... joint.
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costotransverse
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The largest part of the rib is known as the...
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body
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The body of the rib has ... and ... borders.
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superior and inferior
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The body of the rib has ... and ... surfaces.
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internal and external
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The superior border is ... in shape.
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rounded
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The inferior border is ... in shape
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sharp
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The lower edge of the internal surface bears a shallo ...
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costal groove.
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The costal groove extends about...
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2/3 of the length of the rib
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The anterior end of the rib body had a pocket for it's ...
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costal cartilage
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The change in direction of the rib body from postero-laterally to antero-medialy occurs at...
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the angle
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The angle of the rib is marked by a ridge caused by the attachments of ...
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back muscles.
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Ribs 1,2 and 10-12 are referred to as...
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atypical ribs.
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Rib 1, an atypical rib, is knob-like and does not have upper and lower facets seperated by a ...
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crest.
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Rib 1 does not have not have upper and lower facets because it joints with a facet on the body of ...
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T1
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The body of rib 1 is...
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flattened.
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Rib 1 has ... and .. surfaces, NOT ... and ... surface
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Superior/Inferior - internal/external
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The first rib is the only rib that will sit... on a table.
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flat
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The superior surface of the first rib bares a small ridge called the ...
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scalene tubercle.
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The scalene tubercle is caused by the attachment of the...
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scalenus Anterior muscle.
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Two grooves caused by blood vessels curve over the first rib and flank the tubercle. The anterior groove is caused by the... and the posterior groove is caused by the...
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subclavian vein/subclavian artery.
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