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Thoracic wall and pectoral region
Thoracic wall and pectoral region including brachial plexus
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Anatomy
Graduate
06/30/2011

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Term
Most of the thoracic wall is covered by muscles that have migrated and are considered part of the _______
Definition
chest wall
Term
How many true ribs?
Definition
first 7
Term
Which are the false ribs?
Definition
ribs 8-12
Term
Which are the floating ribs?
Definition
11 and 12
Term
Costal Cartilages
Definition
  • flattened bars of hyaline cartilage
  • superior seven costal cartilages are connected with the sternum
  • 8-10 connect to inferior border 
Term
Costal Margin
Definition
the border of the 7th-10th costal cartilages merge to form the costal margin
Term
Infrasternal angle
Definition
diverging costal margins
Term
Xiphosternal joint
Definition
the apex of the infrasternal angle
Term
the sternum includes ____, ____, and ____
Definition
body, manubrium, xiphoid process
Term
Manubriosternal joint
Definition
joint that connects manubrium and sternum (symphysis)
Term
Sternal angle
Definition
manubrium and sternum are in slightly different planes
Term
Superior Aperture of Thorax (thoracic inlet)
Definition
structures in thorax communicate with the root of the neck through this inlet
Term
Borders of the Superior Aperture of the Thorax (3)
Definition
  • posteriorly - 1st thoracic vertebrae
  • anterolaterally - 1st ribs and their costal cartilages
  • anteriorly - manubrium
Term
Inferior Aperture of  Thorax (thoracic outlet)
Definition
closed by the diaphragm which has holes for structures passing from thorax to abdomen
Term
Borders of the Inferior Aperture of the Thorax (3)
Definition
  • posteriorly - 12th thoracic vertebrae
  • anterolaterally - 12 pair of ribs
  • anteriorly - xiphosternal joint
Term
Muscles of the thoracic Wall (5)
Definition
  • serratus posterior
  • intercostals
  • subcostals
  • transversus thoracis
  • levatores costarum
Term
External Intercostals
Definition
11 pairs that run obliquely inferioly and anterioly beginning just lateral to the tubercles and extending to the costal cartilages
Term
External Intercostals Origin
Definition
inferior border to the rib above
Term
External Intercostals Insertion
Definition
superior border to the rib below
Term
External Intercostals Innervation
Definition
intercostal nerves; t1-t11
Term
External Intercostals Function (2)
Definition
  • brings adjacent ribs together
  • increases the volume of the thoracic cavity
Term
Internal Intercostals 
Definition
11 pairs that run posterior to and at right angles to external intercostals
Term
Internal Intercostals Origin (4)
Definition
  • floor of costal grooves
  • from the shaft and costal cartilage anteriorly from the sternum
  • posteriorly to the angle of the ribs
  • between the ribs posteriorly the internal intercostals are replaced by the internal intercostal membrane
Term
Internal Intercostals Insertion
Definition
upper border of the rib below
Term
Internal Intercostals Innervation
Definition
intercostal nerves; t1-t11
Term
Internal Intercostals Function
Definition
brings adjacent ribs together and expand the volume of the thoracic cavity
Term
Innermost Intercostals 
Definition
deep portions of internal intercostal muscles; separated from them by the intercostal nerves and vessels; cover the internal surface of adjacent ribs throughout middle 1/2 length of rib
Term
Transversus Thoracic Origin (2)
Definition
  • lower 1/3 of the posterior surfaces of the body of the sternum
  • the xiphoid process
Term
Transversus Thoracic Insertion
Definition
lower borders of the costal cartilages of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th ribs
Term
Transversus Thoracic Innervation
Definition
intercostal nerves; t1-t11
Term
Transversus Thoracic Function
Definition
brings the ventral ribs downward to decrease size of the thoracic cavity
Term
the large ventral ramus of the 12th thoracic nerve does not enter an intercostal space and is called ______
Definition
subcostal nerve
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