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rib
Ribs [1-12] are curved flat bones that form most of the thoracic cage.
Classification:
There are 3 types:
1) True (vertebrocostal/vertebrosternal) ribs:- [1-7]
- attach directly to the sternum through their own costal cartilages
2) False (vertebrochondral) ribs:- [8-10]
a) cartilages are joined to that of the rib immediately superior
b) connection with the sternum is indirect
3) Floating (vertebral, free) ribs:- [11-12]
- the rudimentary cartilages of these ribs do not connect even indirectly with the sternum; instead they end in the posterior abdominal musculature
Related
rib anomaly
rib fracture
Specific
articular facet of head of rib
atypical rib
costal (subcostal) groove
costovertebral
crest of body of rib
crest of head of rib
first rib
neck of rib
supernumerary (extra) rib
tubercle of rib
typical rib
General
bone
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
Component-of
thoracic wall
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