The nurse is examining a client who has been diagnosed with a fracture of one floating rib. Of the following ribs, which does the nurse suspect to be fractured?
1. 1
2. 5
3. 9
4. 12
4
Rationale 1: Anteriorly, the first seven pairs of ribs articulate directly to the sternum.
Rationale 2: Anteriorly, the first seven pairs of ribs articulate directly to the sternum.
Rationale 3: The cartilage of ribs 8, 9, and 10 articulates with the cartilage of rib 7.
Rationale 4: The rib pairs of 11 and 12 are free floating and do not articulate anteriorly.
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