Which ribs are floating ribs and why are they called that?

Video transcript

Hello, everyone and welcome to today's video. So the reps, there are indirectly attached to the sternum through the causal cartilage of the seventh rib or cult A floating ribs. B true ribs, C false ribs, the general ribs. But before we jump into or answer choices, we're going to be canceling out these general ribs because they're not a type of rep that we need to be considering for this question. Now, let's begin right, looking at answer choice A which is going to be the floating ribs. But as it turns out, these floating ribs are not attached to the sterno at all. And therefore, we're going to cancel it out. Then we have B which is the true ribs or the true ribs are going to be directly attached to the sternum via their coastal cartilage. Now, we are looking for the ones that are indirectly attached and therefore we're going to cancel these out. And then we have C which are the false ribs. And as it turns out, these false ribs are going to be the ones that are indirectly attached to the sterno via de cost or cartilage on the seventh rib which is exactly what the question is stating. And therefore we're going to be highlighting answer choice c false ribs as the final answer to this question. I really hope this video helped you and I hope to see you on the next one.