Anatom3DLeft side of rib cage
Latus sinistrum caveae thoracis · Levá strana hrudního koše
Skeleton
Looks like
One half of the rib cage: the 12 ribs of one side with their cartilages, from spine to breastbone.
What it does
Protects one lung and nearby organs and moves as a unit with breathing.
Keeping it well
Several ribs broken in two places can make a segment move the wrong way (flail chest), a serious injury needing hospital care.
Its parts
- Left first rib
- Left first costal cartilage
- Left second rib
- Left second costal cartilage
- Left third rib
- Left third costal cartilage
- Left fifth rib
- Left fifth costal cartilage
- Left fourth rib
- Left fourth costal cartilage
- Left sixth rib
- Left sixth costal cartilage
- Left seventh rib
- Left seventh costal cartilage
- Left eighth rib
- Left ninth rib
- Left tenth rib
- Left eleventh rib
- Left twelfth rib
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency