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*from latin word* –>
“costae”
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(in vertebrate anatomy, ribs are the ‘long curved bones’ which form the ‘rib cage’)
(the ‘rib cage’ is part of the ‘axial skeleton’)
(in most ‘tetrapods’, ‘ribs’ surround the ‘chest’, enabling the lungs to ‘expand’ (and thus facilitate ‘breathing’) by expanding the ‘chest cavity’)
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(they serve to protect…)
*the lungs*
*the heart*
(+ other ‘internal organs’ of the ‘thorax’)
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(in some animals (especially ‘snakes’), ‘ribs’ may provide ‘support’ + ‘protection’ for the entire body)
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*HUMAN RIBS* –>
*humans have ’24 ribs’*
(12 (horizontally) ‘paired ribs’ on each side of the human ‘trunk’)
*numbered 1 – 12 from ‘north’ to ‘south’*
(all are connected in the back to ‘thoracic vertebrate’ (1 – 12))
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‘rib pair 1’
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👈👈👈☜*“THE HUMAN AXIAL SKELETON”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥