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False ribs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The false ribs are the five sets of ribs below the top seven true ribs. Of these: the first three (eighth, ninth, and tenth rib) have their cartilages attached to the cartilage of ...
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False ribs - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about False ribs
rib. Long, usually curved bone that extends laterally from the spine in vertebrates. Most fishes and many reptiles have ribs along most of the spine, but in mammals they are found ...
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False ribs - definition of False ribs in the Medical dictionary - by ...
rib (rib) any one of the paired bones, 12 on either side, extending from the thoracic vertebrae toward the median line on the ventral aspect of the trunk, forming the major part of ...
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False rib definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular ...
Definition of False rib. False rib: One of the last 5 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be "false" if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast bone).
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False ribs definition of False ribs in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
rib, one of the slender, elongated, curved bones that compose the chest cage in higher vertebrates. Ribs occur in pairs, and are found in most vertebrates; however, in some lower ...
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False RIbs
This exhibit features the skeletal system with terms which describe the locations of the parts of the human body and an instroduction to the skeletal system and links.
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false ribs - definition of false ribs by the Free Online Dictionary ...
false ribs. pl n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any of the lower five pairs of ribs in man, attached behind to the thoracic vertebrae but in front not attached ...
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The Ribs
The next three pairs of bones are called false ribs. These bones are slightly shorter than the true ribs and are connected to the spine in back.
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False ribs Definition | Definition of False ribs at Dictionary.com
noun: of the lower five ribs on either side of the body, which are not directly attached to the sternum.
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Dorlands Medical Dictionary:false ribs
the five lower ribs on either side, not attached directly to the sternum.
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