Intermediate Ribs Quiz

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Q1. Which ribs are classified as typical ribs?

  • Ribs 3 to 9
  • Ribs 1 to 7
  • Ribs 10 to 12
  • Ribs 1 to 5

Q2. What feature on the rib articulates with the transverse process of a vertebra?

  • Head
  • Angle
  • Neck
  • Tubercle

Q3. Which ribs articulate directly with the sternum via their own costal cartilages?

  • Ribs 1 to 7
  • Ribs 11 and 12
  • Ribs 8 to 10
  • Ribs 1 to 5

Q4. What kind of joint connects the rib to the costal cartilage?

  • Synovial
  • Fibrous
  • Secondary cartilaginous
  • Primary cartilaginous (synchondrosis)

Q5. What kind of joint exists between the costal cartilage of rib 2 and the sternum?

  • Synchondrosis
  • Fibrous
  • Syndesmosis
  • Synovial

Q6. Which rib is the shortest and broadest?

  • Twelfth rib
  • Seventh rib
  • Second rib
  • First rib

Q7. What does the head of a typical rib articulate with?

  • Only the corresponding vertebral body
  • Bodies of two adjacent thoracic vertebrae
  • Costal cartilage of the sternum
  • Transverse processes of two vertebrae

Q8. Which ligament connects the crest of the rib head to the intervertebral disc?

  • Radiate ligament
  • Intra-articular ligament of the head
  • Costotransverse ligament
  • Superior costotransverse ligament

Q9. Which ribs have only one facet on their head?

  • Ribs 3, 4, 5
  • Ribs 7 to 9
  • Ribs 1, 10, 11, and 12
  • Ribs 2, 4, 6

Q10. Which muscle attaches to the inner surface of the upper ribs and aids in expiration?

  • Internal intercostal muscles
  • Serratus anterior
  • External intercostal muscles
  • Innermost intercostal muscles
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