Skeletal system
Fourth rib
Quarta costa
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- True ribs
DescriptionUnreviewed
Ribs are described based on their location and connection with the sternum.
All ribs are attached posteriorly to the thoracic vertebrae and are numbered accordingly one to twelve.
Ribs that articulate directly with the sternum are called true ribs, whereas those that do not articulate directly are termed false ribs.
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Muscle attachments
Muscles that insert here
Names
- Latin
- Quarta costa
- English
- Fourth rib
- French
- Quatrième côte
- Spanish
- Cuarta costilla
- Portuguese
- Quarta costela