Bontrager ch.10 Bony Thorax UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Three (3) Structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.Sternum
2.Thoracic Vertebra 3.12 pairs of ribs
Term for the long middle aspect of the sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - Body / Corpus /
Gladiolus
What is the names for the upper most border of the manubrium? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Jugular notch
Suprasternal notch
Manubrial notch
What is the lower end of the manubrium called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternal angle
Age at which the most distal aspect of the sternum ossifies - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
Total sternum length for an average adult - CORRECT ANSWER - about six (6) inches
At what level is the jugular notch found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T2 - T3
At what Vertebral level is the sternal angle found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T4 - T5
At what vertebral level is the xiphoid process found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T9 - T10
At what level is the inferior costal margin found? - CORRECT ANSWER - L2 - L3
,Name of the joint that is the only connection of the bony thorax to the upper limbs - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sternoclavicular Joint
Name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
CORRECT ANSWER - Costocartilage
What distinguishes a true rib from a false rib - CORRECT ANSWER - True ribs connect
to the sternum by their own costocartilage
False ribs connect to the sternum via the costocartilage of the seventh (7th) rib
Classification of the 11th and 12th ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - False and floating
Name of the anterior end of the rib - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternal end
Name of the posterior end of the rib - CORRECT ANSWER - Vertebral end
Name for the aspect of the ribs which articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic
vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER - Tubercle
Three (3) structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.Artery
2.Vein
3.Nerve
The end of the rib that is most superior - CORRECT ANSWER - Posterior vertebral end
The end of the rib that is most inferior - CORRECT ANSWER - Anterior sternal end
, Difference in height between the two ends of a rib - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 to 5 inches
Rib that articulates with the upper lateral aspect of the manubrium of the sternum - CORRECT
ANSWER - First (1st) rib - anterior sternal end
What rib attaches to the sternal angle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Second rib
Ribs at which the bony thorax is the widest at the lateral margins - CORRECT ANSWER -
Eighth (8th) or Ninth (9th) ribs
Minimum number of rib pairs that must be demonstrated on an acceptable radiograph (PA cxr) -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10 posterior ribs
Movement type of the 1st sternocostal joint - CORRECT ANSWER - Immovable -
synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st sternocostal joint (between 1st rib and sternum) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Cartilagenous, synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st through 12th costovertebral joints - CORRECT ANSWER -
Movable - diarthrodial (plane or gliding)
Movement type of the 1st through 10th costochondral unions (between costocartilage and ribs) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Immovable - synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st througth 10th costotransverse joints (between ribs and transverse
processes of T vertebrae) - CORRECT ANSWER - Movable - diarthrodial (plane or
gliding)
Movement type of the 2nd through 7th sternocostal joints (between 2nd and 7th ribs and
sternum) - CORRECT ANSWER - Movable - diarthrodial (plane or gliding)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Three (3) Structures that make up the bony thorax - CORRECT ANSWER - 1.Sternum
2.Thoracic Vertebra 3.12 pairs of ribs
Term for the long middle aspect of the sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - Body / Corpus /
Gladiolus
What is the names for the upper most border of the manubrium? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Jugular notch
Suprasternal notch
Manubrial notch
What is the lower end of the manubrium called? - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternal angle
Age at which the most distal aspect of the sternum ossifies - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
Total sternum length for an average adult - CORRECT ANSWER - about six (6) inches
At what level is the jugular notch found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T2 - T3
At what Vertebral level is the sternal angle found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T4 - T5
At what vertebral level is the xiphoid process found? - CORRECT ANSWER - T9 - T10
At what level is the inferior costal margin found? - CORRECT ANSWER - L2 - L3
,Name of the joint that is the only connection of the bony thorax to the upper limbs - CORRECT
ANSWER - Sternoclavicular Joint
Name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
CORRECT ANSWER - Costocartilage
What distinguishes a true rib from a false rib - CORRECT ANSWER - True ribs connect
to the sternum by their own costocartilage
False ribs connect to the sternum via the costocartilage of the seventh (7th) rib
Classification of the 11th and 12th ribs - CORRECT ANSWER - False and floating
Name of the anterior end of the rib - CORRECT ANSWER - Sternal end
Name of the posterior end of the rib - CORRECT ANSWER - Vertebral end
Name for the aspect of the ribs which articulates with the transverse process of the thoracic
vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER - Tubercle
Three (3) structures found within the costal groove of each rib - CORRECT ANSWER -
1.Artery
2.Vein
3.Nerve
The end of the rib that is most superior - CORRECT ANSWER - Posterior vertebral end
The end of the rib that is most inferior - CORRECT ANSWER - Anterior sternal end
, Difference in height between the two ends of a rib - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 to 5 inches
Rib that articulates with the upper lateral aspect of the manubrium of the sternum - CORRECT
ANSWER - First (1st) rib - anterior sternal end
What rib attaches to the sternal angle? - CORRECT ANSWER - Second rib
Ribs at which the bony thorax is the widest at the lateral margins - CORRECT ANSWER -
Eighth (8th) or Ninth (9th) ribs
Minimum number of rib pairs that must be demonstrated on an acceptable radiograph (PA cxr) -
CORRECT ANSWER - 10 posterior ribs
Movement type of the 1st sternocostal joint - CORRECT ANSWER - Immovable -
synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st sternocostal joint (between 1st rib and sternum) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Cartilagenous, synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st through 12th costovertebral joints - CORRECT ANSWER -
Movable - diarthrodial (plane or gliding)
Movement type of the 1st through 10th costochondral unions (between costocartilage and ribs) -
CORRECT ANSWER - Immovable - synarthrodial
Movement type of the 1st througth 10th costotransverse joints (between ribs and transverse
processes of T vertebrae) - CORRECT ANSWER - Movable - diarthrodial (plane or
gliding)
Movement type of the 2nd through 7th sternocostal joints (between 2nd and 7th ribs and
sternum) - CORRECT ANSWER - Movable - diarthrodial (plane or gliding)
