Talk:Human rib cage

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What is up with the Prime numbers in nature article where it says that 'Mongoloid' children have 13 pairs of ribs? There, Mongoloid links to an article on Asian or Oriental human phenotype, but references Mongoloid as a deprecated and offensive reference to Down Syndrome. Should this be cleaned up, and should there be some reference to the situation on this page?

Contents 1 Vandalism 2 Eve's extra rib 3 Ribs girl 4 This article sucks 5 Rid regrowth myth

[edit] Vandalism

Someone came on here and replaced a whole block of text in the begining with silly non-sense like "Patrick Thorne only has three ribs because he is awesome." or something like that so I reverted the edit and posted a Vandalism Warning 2 in his user page.

--Prozac 15:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eve's extra rib

Anyone else think a mention of the myth that all women have an extra set of ribs should be added? I find this to be a very, VERY common urban legend and there is no direct contridiction of it here. I think a small mention near the bottom contridicting this myth would be educational. If no one objects I'll ad it in a week or so. Lando242 17:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Under the general heading 'Ribs', it states Humans (both male and female) have 24 ribs (12 sets). This was noted by the Flemish anatomist Vesalius in 1543 setting off a wave of controversy. I'd say that line belongs under Human rib cage and doesn't belong under Ribs... Jason F

Finally got around adding to this article . Decided to just go with the info from the "Ribs" article but added a source to go along with it (which I also added to the ribs article) and put an external link to "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" tranlation.Lando242 10:27, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it needs a HUGE refutation in the article. I just had a teenager refuse to talk to me anymore, because I suggested counting her ribs, was an experiment she could perform by herself in the bathroom mirror, and she was afraid the reality would contradict her faith! 71.233.230.223 03:54, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ribs girl

Well i would just like to thank everyone in the wikepedia team for putting my useful info on this site (the breathing part) its greatly appreciated.

[edit] This article sucks

"Due to their elasticity they allow movement during inspiration and expiration. "

That error above is just one of many errors on this page. The entire page needs to be reconstructed, badly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.220.200.182 (talk) 23:18, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rid regrowth myth

Has anyone heard this myth about ribs being able to regrow is the surrounding tissue is intact. Anyone got any info on it? 87.194.30.174 (talk) 23:27, 19 May 2008 (UTC)