Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Chest Trauma

A 25 year old was brought to the emergency department with trauma to the chest think that ribs are fractured which will be confirmed on X-ray . In Ribs fracture which part Ribs are most commonly fractured
  1. Head of the rib
  2. Neck of the rib
  3. Body of shaft of the rib
  4. Posterior angle
Explanation
Answer: D - Ribs are commonly fractured at fractured at the point of impact or at posterior angle because structurally it is the weakest area.
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