What can Cause a Fractured Sternum? What is the Manubrium? What is the Nuss Procedure? What is the Thoracic Cage? What is the Sternum? Discussion Comments Byirontoenail— On Jun 24, 2013 @clinflint - Honestly, I don't think you'll have to worry about it all that much. With the adv...
What is a fractured scapula? Where is the scapula muscle? What part of the scapula articulates with the humerus? What does the femur protect? What organs are protected by the thoracic cage? What is the latissimus dorsi? Which bone connects the scapula to the sternum?
I have been having pain in my sternum, and I sure hope it isn’t cancer. The area has been sore to the touch for a long time now. The tenderness is between my collarbone and my rib cage, and it’s only over the top of the bone. ...
What does a lesion on the femur mean? What does the pelvic bone do? What bones make up the hip bone? Which bone in the hip joint is most often fractured? What is the function of the hip bone? What is the sphenoid bone? What is a lesion on the sternum?
Chest inflammation is a condition in which the tissue in the chest becomes swollen and tender. Depending on the level of pain, a...
@anon71398: Of course you've had a floating rib more years than you can count, everybody has them. They are part of our skeleton. The term "floating" only refers to the ones that aren't attached to the sternum, which are the last two or three. My right 13th rib, which is a flo...
This is the organ that delivers air to and from your lungs when you breathe. Fractured sternum – When your sternum, or breastbone, fractures during a crash, the organs housed in your chest, such as the heart and esophagus, can be damaged. Airbags deploy very rapidly during a collision. ...
The average person is born with 24 ribs—12 on each side. The ribs are located in the thoracic cage and thorax, along with their costal cartilages and the sternum. Each rib is made up of a few different components: the head, the neck, the tubercle, the angle, and the body. ...
where the rib cage ends. The ribs are connected to the sternum (a narrow thickened plate in the center of the chest) and then wrap round the back. If any nerve in this region is injured, irritated or pinched, you may experience discomfort in other parts of the body through which the ...
They were reassuring, and I was just feeling waves of relief. When I got there, they wheeled me away for X-rays and came back and said, “You have nine broken ribs, three fractured vertebrae, a broken wrist, and a broken sternum.” And I had figured out the broken sternum because th...