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| Bone: False ribs | |
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| Anterior surface of sternum and costa cartilages. (False ribs are last five ribs.) | |
| Latin | costae spuriae |
| Gray's | subject #28 123 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
c_58/12262733 |
The false ribs are the five sets of ribs below the top seven true ribs. Of these:
- the first three (eighth, ninth, and tenth rib) have their cartilages attached to the cartilage of the rib above (vertebro-chondral):
- the last two (eleventh rib and twelfth rib) are free at their anterior extremities and are termed floating ribs or vertebral ribs.
Ninth rib
The frontal part of the ninth rib is at the same level as the first lumbar vertebra. This level is called planum transpyloricum, since the pylorus also is at this level.[1]
References
- ^ Bålens ytanatomi (surface anatomy). Godfried Roomans, Mats Hjortberg and Anca Dragomir. Institution for Anatomy, Uppsala. 2008.]]
External links
- false+ribs at eMedicine Dictionary
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