the bone is called the ribbon bone
The curved bones of the chest is called ribs
The occipital bone at the base of the skull articulates with the atlas (C1) of the spine. The other bones that connect to the vertebral column are the 12 pairs of ribs.
Ribs are called 'flat bones'. As opposed to long, short, and irregular bones, the function of flat bones is to have broad surfaces for protection of organs and attachment of muscles. Ribs themselves are divided into three categories: True ribs are the first 7 pairs, connected to the spine. In the front, true ribs connect to the breastbone or sternum by means of coastal cartilage. The next 3 pairs are false ribs. They are shorter than true ribs and connected to the spine. In the front, false ribs are connected to the lowest true rib. The last 2 pairs are floating ribs. They are the smallest kind of rib. They are attached to the spine. In the front, floating ribs are not connected to anything.
Ribs
In the anterior position (front), the ribs connect to the sternum (breast bone) and in the posterior position (back), the vertebrae. There are free ribs that do not attach at the sternum, they just attach at the vertebrae.
The rib cage is formed by the sternum (breastbone) in the front, the thoracic vertebrae in the back, and the ribs that connect them. There are 12 pairs of ribs, with the first seven pairs known as true ribs, the next three pairs as false ribs, and the last two pairs as floating ribs.
A typical human thoracic cage consists of 24 ribs, the sternum and 12 thoracic vertebrae.
Ribs 8-10 are called false ribs because they do not have a direct attachment to the sternum. Instead, they connect to the cartilage of the rib above them, which then attaches to the sternum.
Human ribs are simply called ribs. They are long curved bones that form the ribcage and provide protection to the organs in the chest cavity.
Rib pairs 10-12 do not connect to the sternum and they are called floating ribs.
These intermediate bones are metacarpals. Distally, there are the phalanges, the straight bones of the fingers. These connect to the straight metacarpals. These connect to the carpals, or wrist bones, which connect to the arm bones.
The first seven ribs connect directly to the sternum via costal cartilage. These ribs are known as "true ribs" or vertebrosternal ribs.