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1
Q

What are the primary pats of the vertebral end of a typical rib?

A

The head, neck, and tubercle

2
Q

What features may be identified on the head of a typical rib?

A

Two articular surfaces and the interarticular crest

3
Q

What feature of the head of a rib separates the superior the superior from inferior articular surface/facet?

A

The interarticular crest

4
Q

What features may be identified on the neck of a typical rib?

A

The crest of the rib

5
Q

What features may be identified on the tubercle of a typical rib?

A

The articular surface of the tubercle and the non-articular surface of the tubercle

6
Q

Which feature of the tubercle of a typical rib is closer to the head of the rib?

A

The articular surface of the tubercle

7
Q

What is present at the head of the first rib?

A

A single articular surface

8
Q

What is lacking at the head of the first rib?

A

The interarticular crest

9
Q

Is there a crest on the neck of the first rib?

A

Not a well-developed on like on a typical rib

10
Q

What is unique about the body (corpus or shaft) of the first rib?

A

The body (corpus or shaft) of the first rib is flattened and has a scalene tubercle flanked by the groove for subclavian artery and the groove for the subclavian vein

11
Q

Which groove on the body (corpus/shaft) of the first rib is close to the vertebral end?

A

The groove for the subclavian artery and the first thoracic nerve

12
Q

Which groove on the body (corpus/shaft) of the first rib is close to the sternal end?

A

The groove for the subclavian vein

13
Q

What features may be identified on the head of rib 2?

A

Two articular surfaces and the interarticular crest

14
Q

What feature of the head of rib 2 separates the superior from inferior articular surface/facet?

A

The interarticular crest

15
Q

What feature may be identified on the neck of rib 2?

A

The crest of rib 2

16
Q

What features may be identified on the tubercle of rib 2?

A

The articular surface of the tubercle and the non articular surface of the tubercle

17
Q

Which feature of rib 2 is closer to the head of the rib?

A

The articular surface on the tubercle

18
Q

What distinguishes the vertebral end of rib 11 from typical ribs?

A

The single articular surface, absence of a well-developed crest on the neck and the tubercle may be absent or if present consist only of a non articular surface

19
Q

What helps to distinguish the vertebral end of the twelfth rib from other ribs?

A

The head has a single articular surface, the crest of the neck is poorly developed, the tubercle is absent

20
Q

What is the condition of the body (corpus/shaft) of rib 12?

A

The costal angle and costal groove are absent and it is the shortest of all ribs