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The ____ ____ consists of three pairs of ribs ribs 8 through 10 they have the name because they connect in the back to the vertebrae but not with the sternum in the front instead they attached to the cartilage of the 7th rib |
False ribs |
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The last two pairs of ribs 11 and 12 are called ______ ______. Although these ribs attached to the vertebrae in the back that are completely free of attachment in the front the spaces between the ribs called the intercostal spaces contain the blood vessels nerves and muscles. |
Floating ribs |
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The ______ is also called the breastbone it is a flat elongated bone somewhat sword shape that forms the midline portion of the front of the thorax |
Sternum |
