Group · Skeletal system
False ribs
Costae spuriae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Part of
- Ribs
DescriptionUnreviewed
(After the seven first 'true ribs') The following five sets are known as "false ribs", three of these sharing a common cartilaginous connection to the sternum, while the last two (eleventh and twelfth ribs) are termed floating ribs.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Costae spuriae
- English
- False ribs
- French
- Fausses côtes
- Spanish
- Costillas falsas
- Portuguese
- Costelas falsas