Anatom3DLeft tenth rib
Costa decima sinistra · Levé desáté žebro
Skeleton
Looks like
The lowest rib reaching the front margin, via cartilage joined to the rib above.
What it does
Completes the lower rib margin and protects the upper abdominal organs.
Keeping it well
Its cartilage tip may slip and catch on the rib above, causing sharp pain (slipping rib syndrome), usually harmless.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Sarcoma
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency