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  • Thumbnail for Rib cage
    rib cage is associated with TH1−TH12. Ribs are described based on their location and connection with the sternum. All ribs are attached posteriorly to...
    27 KB (3,398 words) - 02:27, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scalene muscles
    posterior. They are innervated by the third to the eighth cervical spinal nerves (C3-C8). The anterior and middle scalene muscles lift the first rib and...
    8 KB (955 words) - 14:36, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rib
    ligament; its lower border is rounded. A tubercle of rib on the posterior surface of the neck of the rib, has two facets (surfaces) one articulating and one...
    14 KB (1,812 words) - 03:53, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Quadratus lumborum muscle
    processes of the upper four lumbar vertebrae plus the lower posterior border of the twelfth rib. Contraction of one of the pair of muscles causes lateral...
    8 KB (1,038 words) - 17:52, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sternum
    Sternum (redirect from Sternal rib)
    sternopericardial ligament attaches the pericardium to the posterior xiphoid process. The cartilages of the top five ribs join with the sternum at the sternocostal joints...
    23 KB (2,849 words) - 16:06, 2 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Serratus posterior superior muscle
    third, fourth, and fifth ribs past the angle of the rib. The serratus posterior superior muscle elevates the second to fifth ribs.[citation needed] This...
    4 KB (378 words) - 15:52, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flail chest
    to create the multiple anterior and posterior rib fractures. Rollover and crushing injuries most commonly break ribs at only one point, whereas for flail...
    18 KB (2,210 words) - 04:28, 26 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Intercostal arteries
    an intercostal space (the space between two adjacent ribs). There are 9 anterior and 11 posterior intercostal arteries on each side of the body. The anterior...
    4 KB (515 words) - 16:40, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Twelfth rib syndrome
    posterior inferior, lumbocostal ligament, iliocostalis, longissimus thoracis, and the costodiaphragmatic pleural recess. A hypermobile floating rib can...
    10 KB (1,096 words) - 18:43, 11 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Axilla
    superiorly by the imaginary plane between the superior borders of the first rib, clavicle and scapula (above which are considered part of the neck), medially...
    12 KB (1,102 words) - 17:44, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vertebra
    of the vertebra body give attachment to the intervertebral discs. The posterior part of a vertebra forms a vertebral arch, in eleven parts, consisting...
    34 KB (4,302 words) - 16:38, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Serratus posterior inferior muscle
    serratus posterior inferior draws the lower ribs backward and downward to assist in rotation and extension of the trunk. This movement of the ribs may also...
    4 KB (361 words) - 15:53, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cervical vertebrae
    species, the cervical vertebrae bear cervical ribs. In lizards and saurischian dinosaurs, the cervical ribs are large; in birds, they are small and completely...
    19 KB (2,179 words) - 20:47, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Muscles of respiration
    and the scalenes (anterior, middle, and posterior) are typically included, as they assist in elevating the rib cage. The involvement of these muscles seems...
    7 KB (740 words) - 15:59, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costotransverse joint
    the motion of the ribs allowing them to work in a parallel fashion during breathing. If a typical rib had only one joint posteriorly the resultant swivel...
    3 KB (285 words) - 15:03, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costovertebral joints
    the joints that connect the ribs to the vertebral column. The articulation of the head of rib connects the head of the rib and the bodies of vertebrae...
    1 KB (76 words) - 15:02, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Costal cartilage
    prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax. Costal cartilage is only found at the anterior ends of the ribs, providing...
    9 KB (1,053 words) - 03:28, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Posterior intercostal veins
    The posterior intercostal veins are veins that drain the intercostal spaces posteriorly. They run with their corresponding posterior intercostal artery...
    1 KB (156 words) - 19:29, 20 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Erector spinae muscles
    first 6 ribs. iliocostalis cervicis which runs from the first 6 ribs to the posterior tubercle of the transverse process of C6-C4. The longissimus muscle...
    8 KB (861 words) - 21:31, 3 May 2024
  • general, the ribs move around two axes. As the anterior end of ribs is about 4 cm lower than the posterior end, the middle part of rib is lower than...
    2 KB (191 words) - 19:07, 30 October 2023
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