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For a short time you can live with no ribs, but you would die after a day or two.
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Can you live without a rib?
There's no set number for that, it's all down to how you break them, how overall healthy you are, and what care you can get. People have died from breaking ONE, if that single one punctured a lung, or the skin. Likewise people have survived from having most of the ribs on one side removed as part of surgical treatment of Tuberculosis.
How many rribs doese a boy have?
Any person who was born with the correct amount of ribs has 11 ribs in all.
How much small intestine can be removed and still live?
It can all be removed and a person can live. It is best to avoid short bowel syndrome however by not having more than 1/3 to 1/2 removed. If it is entirely removed, a cholostemy (?) bag is used instead.
Does all reptiles have ribs or not?
no all reptiles does not have ribs
How many ribs dowe have?
All Human being has to have 12 pairs of ribs it doesn't matter what age they they will all have amount of ribs in there body
Can a person be removed from the property title?
The person whose name is to be removed , must give a letter on a stamp paper and must sign it stating that his name should be removed and he has no claim to the property at all.
Do all pigs have the same number of ribs?
Pigs have ribs, but the ribs that we eat are not necessarily from pigs, cattle are also a source of ribs.
Ribs that do not attach to coastal cartilage at all are?
they are defined as floating ribs
What are cracked ribs?
Ribs that have a crack in them, but are not broken all the way through.
Do floating ribs float?
Horses do not have floating ribs. Humans have floating ribs. Horses all have between 14 and 18 ribs, depending on the horse size.
Do horses have floating ribs?
Horses do not have floating ribs. Humans have floating ribs. Horses all have between 14 and 18 ribs, depending on the horse size.
Which ribs are not attached to the sternum?
Only the true ribs are attached to the sternum the false ribs (3) and the floating ribs (2) are not directly attached. The flalse ribs are attached indirectly via cartillage and the floating ribs are not attached at all.
