False ribs

False ribs
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Bone: False ribs

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

Excluding the first seven sets of ribs, the remaining five sets are false 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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v • d • e Bones of torso

Sternum	Suprasternal notch, Manubrium, Sternal angle, Body of sternum, Xiphisternal joint, Xiphoid process

Rib	specific ribs (1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, false – 8–12, floating – 11–12) – parts (Angle, Tubercle, Costal groove, Neck, Head)

General vertebral structures	body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular/zygapophysis, spinous)

Cervical vertebrae	C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C3, C4, C5, C6, C7 anterior tubercle, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium

Thoracic vertebrae	T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse)

Lumbar vertebrae	accessory process, mammillary process, L5

Sacrum	pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina), dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface (sacral tuberosity), base, sacral hiatus – presacral space – sacral promontory – sacral canal – ala of sacrum – sacrovertebral angle

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