The...um...rib cage, or thoracic basket, consists of you know the...um...12 thoracic (chest) vertebrae, the...um...24 ribs, and...ummm... ummmmmmm the...um...breastbone or sternum. The...um...ribs are curved, compressed bars of you know bone, each succeeding rib, from the...um...first, or uppermost, becoming more open i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-in curvature.
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