ribs
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costal groove
location of the costal Vein artery nerve (VAN)
Thoracic skeleton
osteocartilaginous
Manubrium
superior joint with clavicles
vertebrochondral ribs 8-10
(false ribs) all attach to rib 7 by an elongated cartilage, no direct connection to sternum
vertebral(floating ribs) ribs 11 and 12
(false ribs, floating ) no sternal attachment, end in muscles of lower lumbar area
tubercle
(on ribs 1-10) forms joint with transverse process of vertebrae
vertebrosternal ribs 1-7
(true ribs) directly attaches to the sternum via its own costal cartilage.
body
inferior to sternal angle
neck
between head:turbercle
head
forms joints with thoracic vertebral bodies: has flattened articular facets
xiphoid process
most inferior section of the sternum
