BONTRAGER CH. 10 EXAM QUESTIONS
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3 structures that make up the bony thorax - ✔✔sternum, thoracic vertebra, and 12 pairs
of ribs
what is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum - ✔✔body
most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ___
years of age - ✔✔40
the total sternum length on an average adult is about - ✔✔7 inches ( 18 cm )
the xiphoid process of the sternum is at the approximate level of - ✔✔T9-T10
the sternal angle is at the level of - ✔✔T4-T5
what is another term for sternal angle - ✔✔manubriosternal joint
name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax - ✔✔sternoclavicular
name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
✔✔costicartilage
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, what distinguishes a true ribs from a false ribs - ✔✔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 - ✔✔true
true/false: the anterior end of the ribs is called vertebral end - ✔✔false (called sternal
end)
which aspect of the ribs w/ the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae -
✔✔tubercle
three structures found within the costal groove of each rib - ✔✔artery, vein , and nerve
1st sternocostal - ✔✔immovable-synarthrodial
1st-12th costovertebral joints - ✔✔moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
1st-10th costochondral unions (bewteen costicartilage and ribs) - ✔✔immovable-
synarthrodial
1st-10th costotransverse joints (bewteen ribs and transverse processes of T-vertebrae -
✔✔moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
2nd-7th sternocostal joints (bewteen 2nd and 7th ribs and sternum) - ✔✔moveable-
diathrodial (plane or gliding)
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3 structures that make up the bony thorax - ✔✔sternum, thoracic vertebra, and 12 pairs
of ribs
what is the term for the long, middle aspect of the sternum - ✔✔body
most distal aspect of the sternum does not ossify until a person is approximately ___
years of age - ✔✔40
the total sternum length on an average adult is about - ✔✔7 inches ( 18 cm )
the xiphoid process of the sternum is at the approximate level of - ✔✔T9-T10
the sternal angle is at the level of - ✔✔T4-T5
what is another term for sternal angle - ✔✔manubriosternal joint
name of the joint that connects the upper limb to the bony thorax - ✔✔sternoclavicular
name of the section of cartilage that connects the anterior end of the rib to the sternum -
✔✔costicartilage
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, what distinguishes a true ribs from a false ribs - ✔✔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 - ✔✔true
true/false: the anterior end of the ribs is called vertebral end - ✔✔false (called sternal
end)
which aspect of the ribs w/ the transverse process of the thoracic vertebrae -
✔✔tubercle
three structures found within the costal groove of each rib - ✔✔artery, vein , and nerve
1st sternocostal - ✔✔immovable-synarthrodial
1st-12th costovertebral joints - ✔✔moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
1st-10th costochondral unions (bewteen costicartilage and ribs) - ✔✔immovable-
synarthrodial
1st-10th costotransverse joints (bewteen ribs and transverse processes of T-vertebrae -
✔✔moveable-diathrodial (plane or gliding)
2nd-7th sternocostal joints (bewteen 2nd and 7th ribs and sternum) - ✔✔moveable-
diathrodial (plane or gliding)
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