The patient that you are examining is complaining of pain near the spine. While palpating the spinous process at T7 and medially to the inferior border of the right scapula, the patient feels more intense pain. When viewing the chest radiograph, you will carefully look at which rib?

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Although each rib articulates with the corresponding vertebra, the palpated spinous process dips down so that the rib you feel in apparent association with the spinous process is actually the number of that process plus 1.

The Patient That You Are Examining Is Complaining of Pain