{"id":141714,"key":"TissueDB/Tissues/Rib","title":"TissueDB/Tissues/Rib","latest":{"id":1260885,"timestamp":"2026-08-16T16:13:51Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{TissueDB Tissue Layout\n| lead_paragraph = '''Rib''' is one of the curved flat bones of the thoracic cage that, with the intercostal spaces between them, forms the bony chest wall; in simulation ribs supply bone density and the intercostal landmark spacing needed for chest-wall procedures.\n| materials = <tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Animal Bone|Porcine ribs]]</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Multipurpose Thoracic Simulator (Carter)|Multipurpose Thoracic Simulator (Carter)]]</td>\n<td>A 4–5 rib porcine rack supplies bone density and the intercostal spaces for thoracentesis and chest-tube placement (Carter et al. 2010).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABS plastic (3D-printed)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Thoracoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair Simulator (Barsness)|Thoracoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair Simulator (Barsness)]]</td>\n<td>A to-scale 3D-printed neonatal rib cage provides the thoracoscopic port-placement landmarks (Barsness et al. 2013).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/PLA|PLA]] with [[TissueDB/Materials/PVA|PVA]] support</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Brannan)|Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Brannan)]]</td>\n<td>Bony scaffold of the thorax; the source prints ten ribs per side, the sternum, the two clavicles and the flexible spine in ivory PLA with soluble PVA support (Brannan et al. 2021).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Plaster Bandage|Plaster Bandage]]</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Man-O-War)|Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Man-O-War)]]</td>\n<td>Plaster casting roll wrapped over the rib cores cut from the bucket wall; the source states the stiffened ribs \"offer a real sensation of bones on palpation\" (Nasri et al. 2023).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3D-printed rib framework (material not specified by Bettega et al. 2019)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Bettega)|Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Bettega)]]</td>\n<td>3D-printed rib framework from a chest CT scan. It gives the bony landmarks that orient the incision and the drain placement (Bettega et al. 2019).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Materials/Photopolymer Resin|Photopolymer resin]] (VeroWhite), molded in hard plastic</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Cleft Palate Repair Simulator (Nicholas)|Cleft Palate Repair Simulator (Nicholas)]]</td>\n<td>Reusable skeletal base of the cleft-palate model. The source's orientation diagram labels three bony parts on it — alveolar arch, palatal shelf and vomer (Nicholas et al. 2022, Supplementary Appendix 2).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outer soft-tissue layer (material not specified by Bettega et al. 2019)</td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td>[[TissueDB/Simulators/Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Bettega)|Chest Tube Insertion Simulator (Bettega)]]</td>\n<td>Outer soft-tissue layer that the trainee incises and dissects. The source scores the skin incision and the blunt plane divulsion as steps done on the simulator (Bettega et al. 2019).</td>\n</tr>\n| related_structures =\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Bone|Bone]] — ribs are a form of bone\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Cartilage|Cartilage]] — costal cartilage joins the ribs to the sternum\n* [[TissueDB/Tissues/Muscle|Muscle]] — intercostal muscle fills the spaces between the ribs\n| synonyms_text = Common terms: rib, ribs, costa\n\nForms: animal (porcine) rib rack, 3D-printed rib cage\n}}\n\n{{Page data|keywords=rib, ribs, costa, thoracic cage, chest wall, porcine ribs, 3D-printed rib cage, bone|description=Rib tissue class — the bones of the thoracic cage that supply chest-wall bone density and intercostal spacing for simulation.|hide=yes}}"}