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true rib

NOUN
  1. one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum

How To Use true rib In A Sentence

  • They commence anteriorly at the sternum, in the interspaces between the cartilages of the true ribs, and at the anterior extremities of the cartilages of the false ribs, and extend backward as far as the angles of the ribs, whence they are continued to the vertebral column by thin aponeuroses, the posterior intercostal membranes. IV. Myology. 6c. The Muscles of the Thorax
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