Ribs and Costal Cart
| Description: | A stack about the ribcage and costal cartilage |
| Category: | Anatomy |
| Created by: | gemonie03 on 2009-10-20 |
| Question | Answer |
| Costal Cartilage | The cartilage in the rib cage that connects the true ribs (1st 7 pairs) to the sternum |
| True Ribs (vertebrosernal ribs) | The first 7 sets of ribbs in the rib cage. They are connected by the costal cartilage directly to the sternum |
| Vertebrochondral Ribs | The first three pairs of false ribs. They are connected to the costal cartilage of the bottom true ribs by their own costal cartilage. |
| Vertebral Ribs | The last 2 or some times 3 pairs of ribs. They have no costal cartilage connecting them to the sternum. |
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