enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Costochondral joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costochondral_joint

    The costochondral joints are the joints between the ribs and costal cartilage in the front of the rib cage. They are hyaline cartilaginous joints (i.e. synchondrosis or primary cartilagenous joint). Each rib has a depression shaped like a cup that the costal cartilage articulates with. There is normally no movement at these joints.

  3. Costal cartilage - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costal_cartilage

    The first seven pairs are connected with the sternum; the next three are each articulated with the lower border of the cartilage of the preceding rib; the last two have pointed extremities, which end in the wall of the abdomen. [2] Like the ribs, the costal cartilages vary in their length, breadth, and direction. They increase in length from ...

  4. Costochondritis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costochondritis

    Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome or costosternal syndrome, is a benign inflammation of the upper costochondral (rib to cartilage) and sternocostal (cartilage to sternum) joints. 90% of patients are affected in multiple ribs on a single side, typically at the 2nd to 5th ribs. [1]

  5. Slipping rib syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipping_rib_syndrome

    [1] [21] A separate study from 1993 found that slipping rib syndrome accounted for 3% of new referrals to a mixed specialty general medicine and gastroenterology clinic. [2] It is unclear whether SRS is more common in women as some studies report an equal gender distribution while others report the condition to occur more often in females.

  6. Sternoclavicular joint - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternoclavicular_joint

    The joint is formed by the sternal end of the clavicle, the clavicular notch of the sternum, and (the superior surface of) the costal cartilage of the first rib. [1] The articular surface of the clavicle is larger than that of the sternum, and is invested with a layer of cartilage, which is considerably thicker than that of the sternum. [1]

  7. Nuss procedure - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuss_procedure

    Studies using sonography have shown post-operative changes in many patients such as an acute angulation of the costochondral junction and rib fractures near the pectus bar. Such changes occurred especially in patients who were older than 10 years or who underwent a high elevation of the sternum. [10]

  8. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_roots...

    applied to describing processes and parts of the body as likened or similar to horns Latin cornū, horn greater cornu: coron-pertaining to the heart: Latin corōna: coronary heart disease: cortic-cortex, outer region Latin cortex, bark of a tree corticosteroid: cost-of or pertaining to the ribs: Latin costa, rib costochondral: cox-

  9. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_anatomical...

    the lumbar region encompassing the lower back. the sacral region occurring at the end of the spine, directly above the buttocks. The regions of the back of the arms, from superior to inferior, include the cervical region encompassing the neck, the acromial region encompassing the shoulder, the brachial region encompassing the upper arm,