Bucket handle movement

Bucket-handle is a movement of ribs that results in change in transverse diameter of the thorax.[1]

Definition

One of the most important functions of ribs and diaphragm, is the change in volume of thorax that helps inspiration and expiration.[2] In general, the ribs move around two axes.[3] As the anterior end of ribs is about 4 cm lower than the posterior end, the middle part of rib is lower than anterior and posterior ends. Movement at costovertebral joints 7 to 10 about an anteroposterior axis results in raising and lowering the middle of the rib, the Bucket-handle movement. In elevation, this increases the transverse diameter of the thorax.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oganatomy.org/projanat/gross/28/six.htm
  2. ↑ Drake, Richard L.; Vogl, Wayne; Tibbitts, Adam W.M. Mitchell; illustrations by Richard; Richardson, Paul (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-8089-2306-0.
  3. ↑ https://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_4/chapter_20.html
  4. ↑ https://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_4/chapter_20.html
  5. ↑ http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_20/20-7.HTM
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