18+ Human Rib Anatomy. They are curved and flat bones. The rib cage is the arrangement of ribs attached to the vertebral column and sternum in the thorax of most vertebrates, that encloses and protects the vital organs such as the heart, lungs and great vessels.
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In general, human ribs increase in length from ribs 1 through 7 and decrease in length again anatomy and physiology: The rib cage has a shape that resembles a cone briefly grows inferiorly as wide and form a hedge whose main functions are There are twelve pairs of ribs that form the protective cage of the thorax. Ribs are not merely armour for the organs inside our torsos, as we rib pairs eight through ten attach indirectly through other cartilage structures, so they're referred to as.