Medical Rib Area: Explore the Sternal Part

[Navin]

This isn't an asignment,more of a doubt which i could use help with.What exactly is the sturnal part of the rib.

I didnt quite get that.

Is it the part which contains coastal cartilage ?
I saw quite a few diagrams in on the net and even read whatever is given on the Book "MTG:Objective Biology" about it...but I am still not quite sure what is actually is...

 

[berkeman]

Can you post a link to where you saw the phrase "sternum rib area"?

https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S154741270600106X-gr6.jpg

 

[Navin]

Hey berkeman
As per the MTG Objective Biology(4th bulletin)
And The class lectures our Professor gave us ,the rib is divided into a sternal and a vertebral section.A picture of the text is in the description .
By Sternal Rib Area I mean to say the part of the rib which is the sternal rib

I have checked these two links after reading that
https://www.britannica.com/science/rib-bone
And ofcource Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib

***And they haven't mentioned a thing about it !***

 

[berkeman]

So it sounds like they are referring to the anterior portion of each rib that consists of the Costal cartilage, which attaches to the sternum, no?

 

[Navin]

My doubt is the same whether the sternal rib is basically the Costal cartilage it self or is it some thing different.

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8806

This site says that the sternal rib are only the true ribs ie;first 7 ribs...which confuses me even more !

 

[Navin]

So it sounds like they are referring to the anterior portion of each rib that consists of the Costal cartilage, which attaches to the sternum, no?

Exactly ! But then we have those beautiful floating ribs and false ribs...so is it safe to assume they have only a vertebral part ?