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What type of tissue connects the ribs with the sternum? Someone plz help me/. costal cartilage

Somebody more knowledgeable than me needs to re-edit this page, which has been the victim of vandalism. See references to Butter Toast and Gorgons! C.J.

                 Fixed it. 199.126.50.93 01:02, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

please tell me the mean of rib in ribosom

I think you mean ribosome. Assuming you're serious, that is. --Dcfleck 00:59, 2005 Apr 15 (UTC)

I'm not sure who wrote this, but in "The first rib has a shaft that is wide and nearly horizontal, and has the shapest curve of the seven true ribs. Its head has a single facet to articulate with the first thoracic vertebra (T1)." do you mean it has the *sharpest* curve?

[edit] regeneration

is it true that when a rib is surgically removed it grows back?? the human skeleton article says it is, thought if it is it should be mentioned. i thought that the liver was the only thing we could regenerate from scratch. how starfish like we are. mastodon 00:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

It is the same rib, but in a new position. The ribs been brokken/cut and get a new position.Haabet 23:19, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Ribs

So do men actually have 1 few rib than women?

No, the ribs of men are longer and thicker than womens ribs

Correction made: Human has 24 ribs (12 on each side).

I only count 11 sets of ribs on the illustration. Shouldn't the entry at least have an anatomically correct picture?

Try clicking the picture to see it bigger - there are 12 on each side, though it fooled me too at first :) --Huffers 23:59, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

Why are the first seven pairs of ribs known as true ribs? Why are ribs 8 - 12 known as false ribs? Why are ribs 11 and 12 known as floating ribs?

The first 7 ribs are attached directly to the sternum, the next 3 are attached not to the sternum, but to the 7th rib. As for the last two ribs, they are not attached to anything, hence "floating" ribs - Jack (talk) 00:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)