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Bone: Tenth rib

Tenth rib
Gray's	subject #28 126

The tenth rib has only a single articular facet on its head.

[edit] See also

False ribs

[edit] Additional images

Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages.

[edit] External links

Cross section at UV pembody/body8a

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Bones of torso (TA A02.2,3, GA 2.96-128)

Sternum

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

Rib

specific ribs (1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, true – 1–7, false – 8–12, floating – 11–12) · parts (Angle, Tubercle, Costal groove, Neck, Head)
Superior thoracic aperture · Inferior thoracic aperture · Intercostal space · Thoracic wall/Thoracic cage

Vertebra

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

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

Coccyx

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