Rib cage (thoracic cage)

• Rib cage also known as

  thoracic cage
• What is the purpose of ribs?

  protects the vital organs and assist with the breathing
• Ribs aren’t classified as long bones they’re? located at the?

  Flat bones

  axial skeleton
• What are the vital organs for survival?

  Lungs

  heart

  kidneys

  liver

  brain
• Average ribs How many?

  24 aside from the sternum
• 3 categories of ribs

  True ribs

  false ribs

  floating ribs
• True ribs sometimes called?

  VERTEBROSTERNAL RIBS
• False ribs sometimes called?

  VERTEBROCHONDRAL RIBS
• Chondral means?

  Cartilage
• Floating ribs sometimes called?

  VERTEBRAL RIBS
• Bone found right along the interior midline of the rib cage?

  Sternum
• The sternum is broken into 3 parts

  Manubrium

  body

  Xiphoid process
• xyphoid process also known as

  xiphisternum
• Also known the breast bone?

  Sternum
• A u shape bone in the neck which supports the tongue

  Hyoid bone