bontrager ch. 10 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - sternum, thoracic
vertebra, and 12 pairs of ribs
what is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - body
most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ___ years of age
- CORRECT ANSWER - 40
the total sternum length on an average adult is about - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 inches (
18 cm )
the xiphoid process of the sternum is at the approximate level of - CORRECT ANSWER -
T9-T10
the sternal angle is at the level of - CORRECT ANSWER - T4-T5
what is another term for sternal angle - CORRECT ANSWER - manubriosternal joint
name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER -
sternoclavicular
name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
CORRECT ANSWER - costicartilage
what distinguishes a true ribs from a false ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - true ribs connect
to the sternum by their own costicartilage. false ribs are connected to the sternum via the
costicartilage of the seventh rib.
, true/false: the eleventh and twelfth ribs are classified as false and floating ribs - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
true/false: the anterior end of the ribs is called vertebral end - CORRECT ANSWER - false
(called sternal end)
which aspect of the ribs w/ the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae - CORRECT
ANSWER - tubercle
three structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER - artery,
vein , and nerve
1st sternocostal - CORRECT ANSWER - immovable-synarthrodial
1st-12th costovertebral joints - CORRECT ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or
gliding)
1st-10th costochondral unions (bewteen costicartilage and ribs) - CORRECT ANSWER -
immovable-synarthrodial
1st-10th costotransverse joints (bewteen ribs and transverse processes of T-vertebrae -
CORRECT ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
2nd-7th sternocostal joints (bewteen 2nd and 7th ribs and sternum) - CORRECT
ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
6th-9th interchondral joints (between anterior 6th-9th costal cartilage) - CORRECT
ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
Questions and CORRECT Answers
3 structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - sternum, thoracic
vertebra, and 12 pairs of ribs
what is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - body
most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ___ years of age
- CORRECT ANSWER - 40
the total sternum length on an average adult is about - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 inches (
18 cm )
the xiphoid process of the sternum is at the approximate level of - CORRECT ANSWER -
T9-T10
the sternal angle is at the level of - CORRECT ANSWER - T4-T5
what is another term for sternal angle - CORRECT ANSWER - manubriosternal joint
name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER -
sternoclavicular
name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
CORRECT ANSWER - costicartilage
what distinguishes a true ribs from a false ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - true ribs connect
to the sternum by their own costicartilage. false ribs are connected to the sternum via the
costicartilage of the seventh rib.
, true/false: the eleventh and twelfth ribs are classified as false and floating ribs - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
true/false: the anterior end of the ribs is called vertebral end - CORRECT ANSWER - false
(called sternal end)
which aspect of the ribs w/ the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae - CORRECT
ANSWER - tubercle
three structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER - artery,
vein , and nerve
1st sternocostal - CORRECT ANSWER - immovable-synarthrodial
1st-12th costovertebral joints - CORRECT ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or
gliding)
1st-10th costochondral unions (bewteen costicartilage and ribs) - CORRECT ANSWER -
immovable-synarthrodial
1st-10th costotransverse joints (bewteen ribs and transverse processes of T-vertebrae -
CORRECT ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
2nd-7th sternocostal joints (bewteen 2nd and 7th ribs and sternum) - CORRECT
ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
6th-9th interchondral joints (between anterior 6th-9th costal cartilage) - CORRECT
ANSWER - moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
