The Rib Cage

The Right Rib Cage
 
    There are 12 ribs on each side of the body. Ribs are flat bones. They are numbered one through twelve from top to bottom. Each rib connects to a thorasic vertebra. The top seven are true ribs, which connect directly to coastal cartlilage and the sternum. The remaining 5 ribs are false ribs. Three of them connect to costal cartslige shared with the 7th true rib. The last 2 ribs are floating ribs, which do not have connectinos on their anterior ends.

    The joints between ribs are cartilaginous joints.

    The xiphoid process (not labeled) is the teardrop-shaped bone located just below the sternum. When administering CPR (cardio-pulminary recesitation) it is very important to find this process so as to avoid breaking it off while performing chest compressinons.

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