Bontrager Workbook: Chapter 10; Sternum
and Ribs & SELF TEST UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The joints from the previous question that have diarthrodial movement are classified as -
CORRECT ANSWER - Synovial
List the 3 structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternum
Thoracic Vertebra
12 pairs of ribs
What is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Body
The most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ____ years
of age. - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
What range of Kv for images should be used for ribs below the diaphragm? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 70-80
The total sternum length on an average adult is about ___ inches - CORRECT ANSWER -
6 inches
The xiphoid process of the sternum is at that approximate level of: - CORRECT
ANSWER - T9-T10
The sternal angle is at the level of: - CORRECT ANSWER - T4-T5
, What is another term for the sternal angle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Manubriosternal joint
What is the name of the name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax ( the
only bony connection between the bony thoracic and upper limbs)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sternoclavicular joint
What is the name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the
sternum? - CORRECT ANSWER - Costicartilage
What distinguishes a true rib from a false rib? - CORRECT ANSWER - True ribs:
connected to the sternum by own cartilage
False ribs: connected to the sternum via costicartilage of the ribs
True/False
The 11th and 12th ribs are classified as false and floating ribs. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
True/False
The anterior end of the ribs is called the vertebral end. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Called the sternal end
Which aspect of the ribs articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae?
a.) Head
b.) Costal angle
c.) Neck
d.) Tubercle - CORRECT ANSWER - d.) Tubercle
List the 3 structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.) Artery
and Ribs & SELF TEST UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
The joints from the previous question that have diarthrodial movement are classified as -
CORRECT ANSWER - Synovial
List the 3 structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternum
Thoracic Vertebra
12 pairs of ribs
What is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Body
The most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ____ years
of age. - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
What range of Kv for images should be used for ribs below the diaphragm? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 70-80
The total sternum length on an average adult is about ___ inches - CORRECT ANSWER -
6 inches
The xiphoid process of the sternum is at that approximate level of: - CORRECT
ANSWER - T9-T10
The sternal angle is at the level of: - CORRECT ANSWER - T4-T5
, What is another term for the sternal angle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Manubriosternal joint
What is the name of the name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax ( the
only bony connection between the bony thoracic and upper limbs)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sternoclavicular joint
What is the name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the
sternum? - CORRECT ANSWER - Costicartilage
What distinguishes a true rib from a false rib? - CORRECT ANSWER - True ribs:
connected to the sternum by own cartilage
False ribs: connected to the sternum via costicartilage of the ribs
True/False
The 11th and 12th ribs are classified as false and floating ribs. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
True/False
The anterior end of the ribs is called the vertebral end. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Called the sternal end
Which aspect of the ribs articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae?
a.) Head
b.) Costal angle
c.) Neck
d.) Tubercle - CORRECT ANSWER - d.) Tubercle
List the 3 structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.) Artery
