Chest

1. True ribs (upper seven pairs) 2. False ribs (lower five pairs) 3. Jugular notch 4. Manubrium 5. Body of sternum 6. Xiphoid process 7. Costal cartilage 8. Twelfth thoracic vertebra 9. Twelfth rib 10. Floating ribs (lower two pairs)

Photographs: Van De Graaff, Kent M.
A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory 3rd ed.
Morton Publishing Company. 1996.


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