Group · Skeletal system
Floating ribs
Costae fluctuantes
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Trunk, Thorax
- Part of
- False 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 fluctuantes
- English
- Floating ribs
- French
- Côtes flottantes
- Spanish
- Costillas flotantes
- Portuguese
- Costelas flutuantes