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Thorax
Slatted, protective, egg-shaped cage for the contents of the chest and anchorage for external trunk muscles, wider than it is deep, half again as high as the skull
Thoracic arch
Front margin of the large aperture below the thorax which is a conspicuous surface feature and may reach 90 degrees in well-developed subjects
Ribs
Derived from facets in the thoracic vertebrae and making their cartilage attachments in front to the sternum, swinging obliquely downward from the front, most oblique in the lower thorax
Costal cartilages
Strap-like attachments from the sternum to the ribs
Intercostal spaces
Spaces between the ribs, the first lies between the first and second rib
True ribs
The upper 7 pairs that establish direct contact with the sternum by individual cartilages
False ribs
Lower 5 pairs
Floating ribs
Ribs XI and XII which are without cartilage and have no sternal attachment whatever, lying concealed within the wall of the back
Sternum
Breastbone, gathers up ribs in the midline, 6-8 inches in length, thrust like a dagger downward
Manubrium
Flat plate whose upper margin displays three indented surfaces, the outer two receiving the clavicle, and the middle called the jugular notch (floor of the pit of the neck) and whose lower margin is dented on either side to receive the first rib
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