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What are The parts of the thoracic vertebrae that articulate with the ribs are?
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∙ 9y ago
The ribs articulate with the thoracic vertebrae. The thoracic vertebrae also articulate with each other.
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What flat bones articulate with the thoracic vertebrae?
The ribs articulate with the thoracic vertebrae.
What Vertebrae are not attached to ribs called?
The cervical and lumbar vertebrae do not articulate with the ribs. The thoracic vertebrae are the only ones that articulate with the ribs.
What do all ribs articulate posteriorly with?
thoracic vertebrae :)
The ribs are attached posteriorly to the what?
All ribs articulate posteriorly with their corresponding vertebrae.
What are the two locations on a thoracic vertebra where the ribs articulate?
The inferior costal facet and superior costal facet are the points on the thoracic vertebrae at which the ribs articulate.
How many ribs articulate with the thoracic vertebrae and how many with the sternum?
7 with sternum
Which type of vertebra has facets that articulate with the tubercle of the ribs?
The thoracic vertebra
What vertebrae do the ribs attach to?
12 vertebrae have ribs attatched
Articular facets on the transverse processes are characteristics of vertebrae?
The Thoracic Vertebrae have such features and are in the correct position to articulate with the ribs correctly (the cervical vertebra are too high to touch the ribs in the neck region, and the lumbar, sacral and coccyx are all too low to intersect the ribs!)Thoracic Vertebrae
How are thoracic vertebrae 11 and 12 different from all the other thoracic vertebrae?
The ribs attached to 11 and 12 do not connect to anything in the front of the body. They are said to be, "Floating".
There are thoracic vertebrae and associated pairs of ribs?
Yes. There are twelve thoracic vertebrae and a pair of ribs associated with each of them.
What feature distinguishes thoracic vertebrae from other vertebrae?
Thoracic vertebrae are attached to a pair of ribs
