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Bony Thorax, Sternum, and Ribs

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show serve as an expandable, bellowslike chamber, wherein the interior capacity expands and contracts during inspiration and expiration.  
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What does the bony thorax consist of?   show
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Is the Sternum projected Aneriorly or Posteriorly?   show
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Is the Thoracic vertebra projected Anteriorly or Posteriorly?   show
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show Sternum  
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An AP or PA projection of the sternum demonstrates the thoracic spine minimally. True/Fasle   show
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show Manubrium (upper portion), Body (middle portion), and Xiphoid Process (most inferior)  
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What is the length of the Manubrium?   show
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What is the length of the Body?   show
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The four segments of the Body beings during puberty and is not completed until what age?   show
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show cartilage; 40yrs.  
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Whats another name for the palpable jugular notch?   show
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show T2-T3  
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What is the Sternal Angle?   show
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The Sternal Angle is an easily palpated landmark that can be used to locate other structures of the bony thorax. True/False   show
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What is the level of the Sternal Angle?q   show
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What is the level of the Xiphoid Process?   show
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Where is the level for the Inferior Rib (costal) angle?   show
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show where each clavicle articulates with the manubrium laterally at the clavicular notch on eatch side.  
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show Sternoclavicular Joint.  
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show clavicles and the cartilages of the first seven pairs of ribs  
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show False: they unite to the sternum via a short piece of cartilage called costocartilage  
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show the short piece of cartilage that attaches the ribs to the sternum.  
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Where does the first costocartilage connect to?   show
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Where does the second costocartilage connect to?   show
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Where do the third through the seventh costocartilages connect directly to?   show
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show 8,9,10  
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show last five pairs of ribs (8,9,10,11,12)  
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Whats another name for the posterior end of a rib?   show
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show sternal end  
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What does the Head of the rib articulate with?   show
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show the transverse process of of a vertebra and allows for attachment of a ligament  
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What is the Costal Groove?   show
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show True  
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show an artery, a vein, and a nerve  
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show lateral margins of the 8th or 9th ribs  
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