Yes it does.
You have xipoid process, costal carilages, medial ends of two clavicle and xipisternum attached to the sternum bone.
Yes, false ribs are still attached to coastal cartilages. Floating ribs aren't.
The costal cartilages connect most ribs to the sternum through a joint called the costochondral joint. This joint is made up of the cartilage of the rib and the cartilage of the sternum, allowing for flexibility and movement during breathing.
Intercoastals
The structure that attaches the ribs to the sternum is called the costal cartilage. It is a strip of hyaline cartilage that connects the bony rib to the sternum, allowing for flexibility and movement during breathing.
intercoastals (body of sternum), Sternalis (manubrium of sternum), Sternocleidomastoid (manubrium of sternum), Pectoralis Major (body of sternum)
Thoracic cage thoracic cage is false. all ribs connect to the sternum either directly or indirectly (coastal cartilages connect some ribs to sternum. Eh, everyone here is off so far. This is how it works. The problem is the question, because none of the ribs connect anteriorly, but are attached by use of coastal cartilage. None of the ribs connect directly to the sternum, but the only possible answer to this question would be sternum anyway, simply because of the word "anterior." Now posteriorly ALL ribs, true and false alike, attach to the vertebral column. Actually, according to our text book in A & P, it is Thoracic cage!
Yes lots of it. The coastal cartillage connects the endots of the ribs to the sternum.
costal cartillage
Because they are attached directly to the sternum (breast bone) by ligaments. The false ribs (8-12) are attached to the sternum either indirectly or not at all.They are connected to the spine in the back and connected directly to the sternum by individual coastal cartilages.
floating rib
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