Rib morphology

Authors :: Casha, Aaron
Manche, Alexander
Gauci, Marilyn
Schembri-Wismayer, Pierre
Camilleri-Podesta, Marie Therese
Duca, Edward
Gatt, Ruben
Grima, Joseph N.
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: University of Malta. Faculty of Medicine & Surgery, 2012.
Abstract: Human ribs are angulated. There are changes in rib angulation that occur with body growth. Rib angulation was correlated with the vectors of chest wall forces estimated by an ellipsoid biomechanical model using finite element analysis.<br />peer-reviewed